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Panama Canal

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PANAMA CITY

  • Largest city of the Republic of Panama
  • Located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama
  • Can do water sports, shopping, golf

TOBOGA ISLAND

  • It's known as "Island of Flowers
  • Can hike up the mountains
  • Can take a swim in the beaches
  • You can go beep sea fishing

The Pearl Islands

  • They have about 1000 of islands
  • You can enjoy divers activities such as,
  • Boat tours, snorkeling, scuba diving,
  • Seeing beautiful beaches, whale watching
  • Pearl Islands are a group are of 200 or more.

PANAMA CANAL

  • It's 48 miles lone
  • August 15, 1914 it was officially opened
  • 1974 Tolls are raised for the first time
  • 90 cents to $1.08 per cargo ton

PANAMA PROJEVYS

  • It's was successfully built from 1904 to 1914
  • September 2007 work began on a $5.2 billion project
  • To expand the Panama Canal.
  • They expected to be complete in 2014

WHY IS WAS BUILT

  • Panama Canal was to shorten the distance
  • that ships had to travel to pass between
  • the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
  • After it was built approximately 8,000 miles wear eliminated