Coordinates: 9°07′03.61″N 79°43′12.60″W / 9.1176694°N 79.7201667°W / 9.1176694; -79.7201667
The Panama Canal Zone (Spanish: Zona del Canal de Panamácode: es is deprecated ) is a 553-square-mile (1,430 km2) former unorganized United States territory. It is now the country of Panama.