Panama Canal Zone

Panama Canal Zone was a colony in Lower Central America (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) that lasted from 1903 to 1979 CE, about 76 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Strip of land about 16 km wide around the canal, governed by the United States. The Torrijos-Carter Treaties abolished it in 1979.

See Panama Canal Zone on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1903 to 1979 CE

Duration

76 years

Type

Colony

Region

Lower Central America, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Balboa Heights

Became

• Panama 1903 CE to the present

Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time

• 1910 Mexican Revolution
• 1914 Panama Canal opens
• 1959 Cuban Revolution
• 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis

Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean

• Haiti 1804 CE to the present
• British West Indies 1624 to 1983 CE
• Colony of Jamaica 1655 to 1962 CE
• Mexico 1823 CE to the present
• Cuba 1959 CE to the present
• Dutch Caribbean 1634 CE to the present
• French Antilles 1635 to 1946 CE
• Danish West Indies 1672 to 1917 CE
• Honduras 1838 CE to the present
• Nicaragua 1838 CE to the present

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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