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December 31, 1999
Panama Canal turned over to Panama
On this day in 1999, the United States, in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties, officially hands over control of the Panama Canal,... MORE >
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Another large river, the Chagres, rises in central Panama and is dammed into the artificial Gatún Lake that forms an important section of the Panama Canal. Other important cities are Colón (156,289), the N terminus of the Panama Canal, . . .
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