Panama Canal
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Summary
Panama Canal is a ship canal[1]. It draws 31,906 Wikipedia views per month (ship canal category, ranking #2 of 12).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Panamá Province[3], Panamá Oeste Province[4], Colón Province[5]
- Country: Panama[6]
- Commissioned by: Compagnie universelle du canal interocéanique de Panama[7]
- Part of: Seven Wonders of the Modern World[8]
- Commons category: Panama Canal[9]
- Has part(s): Panama Canal locks[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Panama Canal[11]
- Commons gallery: Panama Canal[12]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[13], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band[21]
- Start point: Atlantic Ocean[22]
- Heritage designation: Historic Civil Engineering Landmark[23]
- Destination point: Pacific Ocean[24]
- Has effect: Panamax[25]
- Date of official opening: August 15, 1914[26]
- Length: 82 km[27]
- Elevation above sea level: 26 m[28]
- Connects with: Atlantic Ocean[29], Pacific Ocean[30]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[31], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Panama Canal include Panama Canal Zone[33], an unincorporated territory of the United States[34], in United States[35], founded in 1903[36]; Panamax[37], a ship type[38]; Panama Canal Railway[39], a railway line[40], in Panama[41]; and Panama Hotel[42], a hotel[43], in United States[44], founded in 1910[45].
Why It Matters
Panama Canal has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for it include Panama Canal Zone[33], an unincorporated territory of the United States[34], in United States[35], founded in 1903[36]; Panamax[37], a ship type[38]; Panama Canal Railway[39], a railway line[40], in Panama[41]; and Panama Hotel[42], a hotel[43], in United States[44], founded in 1910[45].