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Panama
The Caribbean Sea, the Pacific Ocean, Costa Rica, and Colombia border Panama.
It does not. Panama is a political state. An isthmus is a physical geographic feature. The land that Panama sits on may be regarded as an isthmus, but this does not correspond directly to Panama's political borders.
Southern most tip of Central America connecting it to South America.
They had to cross the East Coast of the U.S.A to West coast.
that it took $5Mil and that it took 5 years to have it made
An isthmus is a narrow strip of land with a sea or ocean on either side. The Isthmus of Panama is a good example of this geographic feature.
The location of the canal made it difficult to build because of its distance from the countries buliding it.
Colombia owned Panama and would not let the canal be built.
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Yes and No ANSWER: Panama is not part of the United States. The Panama Canal was the only thing controlled by the US until 1999 when the US government handed over the Panama Canal to the Panama Government through the signing of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties signed in 1977.
Americans finished building the Panama Canal; the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine further increased American influence in Cuba.