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Colón is a sea port city on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. In 2000 it had a population of about 204,000 people. Categories: Stub | Commercial item transport and distribution | Transportation ...
A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ...
Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea is a body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, south of the Gulf of Mexico. ...
Panama (Spanish: Panamá) is the southernmost country of Central America. ...
It is near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. The city is the capital of Panama's Colón Province. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ...
Panama Canal The Panama Canal is a large canal, 51 miles (82 kilometers) long, that cuts through the isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. ...
History The city was founded in 1850 as one end of the Panama Railroad then under construction. For a number of years early in its history, the sizable United States emegre community called the town Aspinwall while the Hispanic community called it "Colón". The name "Colón" is in honor of Christopher Columbus. Events January 4 - The first American ice-skating club is formed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). ...
The Panama Railway or Panama Railroad was the worlds first transcontinental railroad. ...
No authentic contemporary portrait of Columbus has been found; this late 19th-century engraving is one of many conjectural images For information about the director, see the article on Chris Columbus. ...
Much of the city was burned during a Colombian civil war in 1885, and again in an accidental fire in 1915. The Republic of Colombia is a country in north-western South America. ...
A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ...
In 1900 the population was some 3,000 people. It grew significantly with the building of the Panama Canal, and was 31,203 in 1920. 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ...
In 1953 Colón was made a Free Trade Zone. 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Free trade zones, also called free trade areas or export processing zones, designate either parts of a country or groups of countries that have agreed to eliminate tariffs, quotas and preferences on most goods between them. ...
Since the late 1960's, Colón has been in economic decline. Nowadays, the unemployment rate is around 40% and the poverty rate is even larger than that. The decline has been so severe that, according to some sources, former residents of the town have broken down crying at the site of the city now.
External Link - Colon City Panama (http://www.geocities.com/coloncitypanama/) extensive site on geocities.com
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