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Gamboa, Panama
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This article is about the town in Panama. For the neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, see Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro.
Gamboa is a small town in corregimiento of Cristóbal in the Colón Province,[1] Panama close to the Panama Canal and the Chagres River.[2] It was one of a handful of permanent Canal Zone townships, built to house employees of the Panama Canal and their dependents. The name Gamboa is the name of a tree of the quince family.
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Gamboa is considered an attractive location for ecotourism.[3]