Panama

An initial attempt by France to build a sea-level canal failed after a great amount of excavation was carried out. This was of use to the United States, which completed the present Panama Canal in 1913 and officially opened it in 1914.
Along the way, the State of Panama was created through its separation from Colombia in 1903, due to a US backed revolt, so the US could then get control of the Canal project area.
After construction, the canal and the Canal Zone surrounding it were administered by the United States.
On September 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed the Torrijos-Carter Treaty, which set in motion the process of handing over the canal to Panamanian control.
The treaty provided for a twenty-year period during which Panama would have increasing responsibilities for Canal operations, culminating in complete U.S. withdrawal in 12/1999.
The Canal Zone is now run by the Panama Canal Authority.

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8 hours and 51 minutes i.e 498 miles

If my step mother is Panamanian and my father is from the United States and have been married for more than 25 years. Can, I apply or due I qualify to become Panamanian citizen or dual citizenship? In this case does my step sister have

dual citizenship? How due I obtain ?

The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Pacific & Atlantic Oceans

It could be from the Panama tree, or it could be from one of the native languages. The name Panama means "many butterflies" in an indigenous tongue.

The current population of the United States is 318,594,000 people. The country with the closest population to the United States is Indonesia, with a population of 252,164,800.

the country that owned panama is Nicaragua

When I was in primary school I read that it was the famous French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps who successfully built the Suez Canal, but when he had a go at Panama, the isthmus was too expensive and difficult to dig, malaria killed most of the workers and corrupt contractors stole lots of the money.

The Americans (or rather, the U.S. Army) succeeded years later because:-

(i) the link between mosquitoes and malaria had been discovered, so the mosquitoes were killed with fire and by draining the swamps where they bred, and

(ii) It was a military project with inexhaustible supplies of public money. The U.S. Navy wanted to be able to join its Atlantic and Pacific fleets without going around Cape Horn).

Poor old De Lesseps' attempt was only a private capital venture and he had greedy shareholders to please.

Once again the United States has proved that compared to state controlled projects, Capitalist enterprise is puny, short-sighted, weak and next to useless. See also the Hoover Dam.

Interestingly the Panama hat actually comes from Ecuador.

About 870 miles at the closest.

Because that way US boats can get through to the Caribbean or Pacific ocean without going around the entire continent of Africa.

For more information search "Panama Canal" on wikipedia.com

what is the distance from panama canal to honolulu

south east

A beach, by definition, is already at sea level. The mean sea level at Panama City Beach means that you can be at sea level no matter what is the state of the current tide.

You can just as easy go to Mapquest.com and type in directions. The answer is Total Estimated Time: 58 minutes --- Total Estimated Distance: 47.00 miles

Panama is not in South America. Formally it is in North America as it is

north of the equator by 9 degrees.

But informally is is considered to be in Central America, which is the land that connects Mexico with Colombia.

Noriega attempted to maintain power militarily in Panama, and the US had a vested national interest in keeping the Panama Canal open to all nations. Rather than allow Noriega to have free rein in the region, President George H. Bush followed the policy stated by Ronald Reagan and sent troops in 1989 to install the elected leaders that Noriega had refused to recognize.

The success of the intervention was tempered by the resentment of many Panamanians toward the US, partly for the damages and civilian deaths and partly because (like Grenada) it suggested a US hegemony in the America's.

Panamanian in spanish is panameño. Don't forget the tilde!!

Dat boi Dewict he stinky

The Panama Canal is in the country of Panama in the region of Central America.

The driving distance from Panama City Beach, Florida to Nashville, Tennessee is 453 miles via I-65 N per MapQuest. The driving time per MapQuest is 7 hours and 20 minutes.

The Us should have the control of the Panama Canal because of variuos reasons. One of them is that the US constructed the Canal. It is their right to keep it. Now the president that said to give it to Panama is very stsupid because it is important to have that passage for commerce!