"Canal Zone" redirects here. For the film, see Canal Zone (film). For the unofficial region in Egypt, see Suez Canal.
Panama Canal Zone
Zona del Canal de Panamá
1903–1979
Flag
Seal
Motto: The Land Divided, The World United
Map of Panama Canal Zone. The Caribbean Sea is at the top left, the Gulf of Panama is at bottom right
Status
Concession of the United States in Panama
Capital
Balboa
Common languages
Spanish, English
Demonym(s)
Zonian
Governor
• 1904–1905
George Whitefield Davis (First Military)
• 1913–1914
Richard Lee Metcalfe (Last Military)
• 1914–1917
George Washington Goethals (First Civil)
• 1975–1979
Harold Parfitt (Last Civil)
History
• Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty
November 18, 1903
• Torrijos–Carter Treaties
October 1, 1979
Area
• Total
1,432 km2 (553 sq mi)
Currency
United States dollar Panamanian balboa (tolerated)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Panama
Panama
Today part of
Panama
The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamá), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was a concession of the United States located in the Isthmus of Panama that existed from 1903 to 1979. It consisted of the Panama Canal and an area generally extending five miles (8 km) on each side of the centerline, but excluding Panama City and Colón.[1] Its capital was Balboa.
The Panama Canal Zone was created on November 18, 1903 from the territory of Panama; established with the signing of the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty, which allowed for the construction of the Panama Canal within the territory by the United States. The zone existed until October 1, 1979, when it was incorporated back into Panama.
In 1904, the Isthmian Canal Convention was proclaimed. In it, the Republic of Panama granted to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land underwater for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of the canal. From 1903 to 1979, the territory was controlled by the United States, which had purchased the land from its private and public owners, built the canal and financed its construction. The Canal Zone was abolished in 1979, as a term of the Torrijos–Carter Treaties two years earlier; the canal itself was later under joint U.S.–Panamanian control until it was fully turned over to Panama in 1999.[2]
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^"Panamanian Control", Panama Canal, infoplease.com, archived from the original on May 24, 2008, retrieved June 2, 2008
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