El Chorrillo neighborhood

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El Chorrillo neighborhood is a historic, working-class district of Panama City known for its dense urban character and for being heavily affected during the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.

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El Chorrillo neighborhood canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf neighborhood
urban district
adjacentTo Ancón area
Calidonia neighborhood
Panama Canal ancillary facilities
surface form: Panama Canal waterfront areas

Santa Ana neighborhood
country Panama
demographicCharacteristic largely Afro-Panamanian population
predominantly low-income residents
governedBy municipality of Panama City
hasCharacteristic dense urban fabric
high population density
historic
working-class
hasCulturalAspect local festivals and street culture
strong neighborhood solidarity
hasIssue housing shortages
infrastructure deterioration
poverty
hasReputation high crime rates
political activism
strong community identity
historicalEvent Operation Just Cause
surface form: 1989 United States invasion of Panama

urban redevelopment efforts after 1989
knownFor being heavily affected during the 1989 United States invasion of Panama
civilian casualties during the 1989 invasion
informal street commerce
public housing blocks
significant destruction of buildings in 1989
social and economic marginalization
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Central America
Panama City
Panamá Province
near Balboa Avenue
surface form: Balboa Avenue coastal corridor

Historic District of Panama City with the Salón Bolívar
surface form: Casco Antiguo (historic district of Panama City)
partOf western Panama
surface form: Pacific side of the Isthmus of Panama

Panama City
surface form: Panama City urban area

historic central districts of Panama City
subjectOf documentaries about the U.S. invasion of Panama
human rights reports on the 1989 invasion
urban sociology studies
timeZone UTC−05:00
urbanForm high-density housing
mixed low-rise and mid-rise buildings
narrow streets

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Comandancia in Panama City locatedIn El Chorrillo neighborhood