Colón

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Colón is a major Panamanian port city on the Caribbean coast, known as a key gateway to the Panama Canal and an important center for trade and shipping.

Aliases (1)

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
instanceOf city
port city
borderedBy Caribbean Sea
continent North America
country Panama
countryCapitalOf Colón Province
governingCountryCapital Panama City
hasClimate high rainfall
tropical climate
hasEconomicActivity free zone commerce
logistics
maritime trade
hasFeature large free trade zone
hasHarbor natural harbor
hasInfrastructure container terminals
cruise terminals
highway connections to Panama City
port facilities
rail connections to Panama City
hasPortFunction cargo port
container port
cruise ship port
hasPortType seaport
hasRegion Panama
surface form: "Caribbean Panama"
isGatewayFor Panama Canal traffic
isOneOf largest Caribbean ports in Central America
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Colón Province
locatedOn Caribbean coast of Panama
locatedOnCoastOf Caribbean Sea
namedAfter Christopher Columbus
near Panama Canal
surface form: "Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal"
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Panama Canal Zone (historical)
surface form: "Panama Canal Zone region"
role important center for shipping
important center for trade
key gateway to the Panama Canal
major Panamanian port city
timezone UTC−05:00
transportHubFor Atlantic–Pacific shipping via Panama Canal

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colón Province hasCapital Colón
Panama hasMajorCity Colón
Caribbean Sea hasMajorPort Colón
subject surface form: "Panama Canal Zone"
this entity surface form: "Cristóbal"
Port of Colón locatedIn Colón
Gatun Lake nearbyCity Colón
Panama Canal startPoint Colón

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