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Pan-American Highway
The world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
2 km · about 5 min drive
Panamá, Panama · North America
San Francisco works well as a base: 5 minutes from Río Abajo, 2km from Pan-American Highway.
San Francisco is a town located in Panamá, Panama. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, San Francisco sits in Panama. It's in the America/Panama time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add San Francisco to your route.
San Francisco is a corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 43,939 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 34,262, and its population as of 2000 was 35,751.
On 20 March 1998, San Francisco recorded a temperature of 40.0 °C (104.0 °F), which is the highestRead more
temperature to have ever been recorded in Panama.
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San Francisco is located in Panamá, Panama, North America. The coordinates are 8.9924 latitude, -79.5082 longitude.
San Francisco has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in Panama.
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6 notable places within an hour's drive.
historic highway
The world's longest motorable road stretching approximately 30,000 kilometers from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina.
2 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Panama City's UNESCO-listed historic quarter with crumbling colonial facades, rooftop bars, and views of the glittering modern skyline.
5 km · about 10 min drive
bridge
The graceful 1962 steel arch carrying the Pan-American Highway over the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, for decades the only fixed link between the Americas.
8 km · about 15 min drive
museum
Frank Gehry's only building in Latin America: a crumpled cascade of red, blue and yellow roof planes on the Amador Causeway, telling how the isthmus rose and split two oceans while joining two continents.
8 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
A four-storey viewing terrace directly above the Panama Canal's Pacific locks, where Panamax ships are raised 16 m in two steps a few metres from the rail. Bilingual commentary tracks each transit.
9 km · about 15 min drive
landmark
One of the greatest engineering feats in history, this 82-kilometer waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through a system of locks.
21 km · about 25 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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