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WELCOME TO PANAMA 
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W HETHER you have a few hours, a few days, or a 
few years to spend on the Isthmus, this Cross¬ 
roads of the World can furnish you anything from 
bananas to baseball. Use this guide to make your stay 
interesting and worth while. And don’t forget that the 
U. S. O. clubs are your homes while you are here. 
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THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE 
Y OU can orient yourself here more easily if you will 
think of Panama City and the Canal Zone towns of 
Ancon and Balboa as though they formed a triangle 
around the base of Ancon Hill, with Panama City as the 
apex, Ancon at the right and Balboa at the left. Accord¬ 
ing to the 1940 census, Panama City, capital of the 
Republic of Panama, includes with its suburbs, a popu¬ 
lation of some 126,000 inhabitants. The entire popu¬ 
lation of the Republic of Panama, exclusive of the Canal 
Zone, is 631,637, of which almost 65,000 are members of 
Indian tribes. The civil population of the Canal Zone is 
about 60,000. This is entirely a United States Govern¬ 
ment community, with towns for civilian employees en¬ 
gaged in operating the Canal, and various Army and Navy 
posts. There is no private enterprise or home ownership 
of any kind. 
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