Colón (pronounced cologne)
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[Colón] is a sea port on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. The city lies near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. It is capital of [Panamas] Colón Province and has traditionally been known as Panamas second city. Colón was traditionally located entirely on Manzanillo Island, surrounded by Limon Bay, Manzanillo Bay and the Folks River. Since the disestablishment of the Canal Zone, the citys limits have been redefined to include the former Canal Zone towns of Cristobal, [Rainbow City], Margarita, and Coco Solo, as well as the former U.S. Army base of Fort [Gulick]. Also, is found to be a last name. (Not to be mispronounced
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[Crist]ó[bal] [Colón] is the Spanish name
for Christopher Columbus.
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