Ancón may refer to:
Places
Antiquity
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Ancon (Picenum)
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...
, town of ancient Picenum, now in Italy
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Ancon (Pontus)
Ancon or Ankon ( grc, Ἀγκών) was a populated place of ancient Pontus, on the Black Sea and on the coast road east of Amisus. It was on a headland and bay both of the same name. It is mentioned by Gaius Valerius Flaccus in his ''Argonautica'' ...
, town of ancient Pontus, now in Turkey
Ecuador
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Ancón, Ecuador
Ancón is a rural Parish (administrative division), parish of Santa Elena Canton, Santa Elena canton in the provinces of Ecuador, province of Guayas Province, Guayas, Ecuador.
People began settling in the area in late 1923, when the Government of ...
, a city in Guayas, Ecuador
Panama
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Ancón, Panama, a city in central Panama
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Ancon Hill
Ancon Hill (Spanish: ) is a high hill that overlooks Panama City, Panama, adjacent to the township of Ancón. Ancón Hill is an area in Panama that was used for administration of the Panama Canal. It was under U.S. jurisdiction as part of the P ...
, a hill overlooking Panama City
Peru
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Ancon (archaeological site)
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Ancón District
Ancón is a district of northern Lima Province in Peru. It is the popular beach resort of Lima that is visited every summer by millions of people from Lima. Is the largest district of the Lima Province.
Officially established as a district on Octo ...
, a district of Peru
Ships
*, a sidewheel
paddle steamer
A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses wer ...
that was wrecked in Alaska in 1889
*''Ancon'' (1894), a steel-hulled three-masted
barque that was scrapped in 1921
*, the first steamship officially to transit the
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit ...
in 1914
*, a 1939 steamship that was a AGC-4 troopship
Other
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Treaty of Ancón, signed by Peru and Chile on 20 October 1883
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ANCON, a conservation group in Panama
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Ancon, a UK company that makes steel products for the construction industry
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Ancon sheep
Ancon sheep (also called "Otter" sheep) were a grouping of domestic sheep with long bodies and very short legs, with the fore-legs being crooked. The term is generally applied to a line of sheep bred from a single affected lamb born in 1791 in Mas ...
, an extinct breed of sheep
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