Balboa

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Balboa was the administrative center and principal town of the former U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Balboa canonical 22

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative center ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
connectedBy Panama Canal Railroad ⓘ
Transisthmian Highway ⓘ
controlledBy United States ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
function administrative hub for canal operations ⓘ
residential community for U.S. canal workers ⓘ
hasFacility Balboa Elementary School ⓘ
Balboa Heights administration building ⓘ
linked to: Balboa Heights

Balboa High School ⓘ
Balboa YMCA ⓘ
Balboa clubhouse ⓘ
Balboa commissary ⓘ
Balboa fire station ⓘ
Balboa police station ⓘ
Balboa post office ⓘ
Balboa railroad station ⓘ
Balboa swimming pool ⓘ
Balboa theater ⓘ
Panama Canal administration building ⓘ
hasFeature docks and piers on the Pacific side of the canal ⓘ
government offices of the Panama Canal Company ⓘ
residential areas for Canal Zone employees ⓘ
hasHarbor Balboa harbor ⓘ
linked to: Balboa Peninsula
hasPort Port of Balboa ⓘ
historicalStatus returned to Panamanian jurisdiction ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal ⓘ
Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
Panama City metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Panama City
namedAfter Vasco Núñez de Balboa ⓘ
near Ancon ⓘ
Balboa Heights ⓘ
Panama City ⓘ
oppositeSideOf Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal ⓘ
linked to: Panama Canal

Colón ⓘ
partOf Pacific side canal infrastructure ⓘ
former U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
role administrative center of the Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
principal town of the Panama Canal Zone ⓘ
servedAs headquarters of the Canal Zone Government ⓘ
headquarters of the Panama Canal Company ⓘ
timezone UTC−05:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Panama Canal Zone → capital → Balboa ⓘ
subject linked to: Panama Canal Zone (historical)
Panama Canal Zone → largestSettlement → Balboa ⓘ
subject linked to: Panama Canal Zone (historical)
Fort Amador → locatedNear → Balboa ⓘ
Fort Kobbe → closeTo → Balboa ⓘ
Balboa Heights → adjacentTo → Balboa ⓘ
Private concessionaire (historically Hutchison Ports PPC) → locatedInCity → Balboa ⓘ
Rosetta → associatedAct → Balboa ⓘ
subject linked to: Rosetta (band)
Quarry Heights → locatedNear → Balboa ⓘ
Ancon → borderedBy → Balboa ⓘ