Panama Canal Zone (historical)

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former territorial entity unincorporated territory of the United States

The Panama Canal Zone was a former U.S.-controlled territory in Panama that encompassed the land surrounding the Panama Canal and served as a strategic corridor for international maritime trade.

Aliases (8)

Panama Canal Zone ×60
Panama Canal area ×3
Canal Zone ×1
Canal Zone Government ×1
Panama Canal Area ×1
Panama Canal Zone and Canal operations complex ×1
Panama Canal Zone areas ×1
Panama Canal Zone region ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former territorial entity → unincorporated territory of the United States →
administeredBy	Canal Zone Government → Isthmian Canal Commission → Panama Canal Company → United States Department of Defense → United States Department of War → United States Department of the Air Force → United States Department of the Army → United States Department of the Navy →
area	1432 square kilometers →
borderedBy	Panama →
capital	Balboa →
contains	Panama Canal →
country	United States of America →
dateDissolved	1979-10-01 →
dateEstablished	1904-05-04 →
demographicGroup	Zonians →
endTime	1979 →
followedBy	Panama → Panama Canal Area →
fullSovereigntyTransferred	1999-12-31 →
hasDeFactoLanguage	Spanish →
hasOfficialLanguage	English →
hasPart	Albrook Air Force Station → Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal → Balboa Heights → Cristóbal → Culebra Cut → Fort Amador → Fort Clayton → Fort Davis → Fort Gulick → Fort Kobbe → Gatun Lake → Howard Air Force Base → Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal →
largestSettlement	Balboa →
legalBasis	Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty → Torrijos–Carter Treaties →
locatedIn	Republic of Panama →
locatedOn	Isthmus of Panama →
partOf	Panama Canal Zone and Canal operations complex → United States overseas territories →
precededBy	French Panama Canal concession →
significantEvent	1964 Martyrs' Day riots → signing of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties →
startTime	1904 →
strategicImportance	international maritime trade route → military transit corridor →
transferredTo	Panama →
usedCurrency	Panamanian balboa → United States dollar →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Balboa district ("Panama Canal area") → Colón ("Panama Canal Zone region") → Colón Province ("Panama Canal area") → Panama Canal Zone ("Panama Canal Zone and Canal operations complex") →	partOf
Gatun Lake ("Panama Canal Zone") → Pedro Miguel Locks ("Panama Canal Zone") →	locatedIn
Operation Promote Liberty ("Canal Zone") → Torrijos–Carter Treaties ("Panama Canal Zone") →	location
George Washington Goethals ("Panama Canal Zone") → John Frank Stevens ("Panama Canal Zone") →	residence
Panama Canal Zone ("Canal Zone Government") →	administeredBy
Panama Canal Zone ("Panama Canal Area") →	followedBy
Cerro Jefe ("Panama Canal area") →	hasViewOf
United States territories ("Panama Canal Zone") →	historicallyIncluded
Panamá Province ("Panama Canal Zone areas") →	includes
Panama Canal →	passesThrough
William C. Gorgas ("Panama Canal Zone") →	workLocation