Cristóbal


Cristóbal

(krēstō`bäl), town, Colón prov., near the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal, Panama. Cristóbal is located in the former Panama Canal Zone and was the American residential suburb of Colón; it has been under Panamanian jurisdiction since 1979.

Cristóbal

 

a town and port in the Panama Canal Zone, at the Caribbean entrance of the canal; a suburb of the city of Colón. Population, approximately 20,000 (1968). The town has a shipyard and servicing facilities for the port.