Curundú is a
corregimiento within
Panama City
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, in
Panamá District
Panamá is a district (''distrito'') of Panamá Province in Panama. The population according to the 2010 census was 880,691; the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 1,183,333.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama. The district cove ...
,
Panamá Province
Panamá is a province of Panama. It is the location of the national capital Panama City, which also serves as the provincial capital. The governor of the province is Judy Meana, appointed by President Laurentino Cortizo and sworn in on 16 April ...
,
Panama
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with a population of 16,361 as of 2010.
[ Its population as of 1990 was 17,933; its population as of 2000 was 19,019.][
It was also home to the Curundú Bowling alley, the largest bowling alley in the canal zone, and the Pacific Arts Repertory Theater, aka "PRAT" a theater which along with the Theater Guild of Ancon was one of the primary venues for community theater in the Canal Zone.
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Education
During the time of the Panama Canal Zone
The Panama Canal Zone ( es, Zona del Canal de Panamá), also simply known as the Canal Zone, was an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Isthmus of Panama, that existed from 1903 to 1979. It was located within the terr ...
, the Department of Defense Education Activity
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is a federal school system headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and managing prekindergarten through 12th grade educational programs on behal ...
(DoDEA) formerly operated Curundu Elementary School and Curundu Middle School for children of American military dependents. The DoDEA high school in Panama was Balboa High School.[ ]
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Curundu Junior High School, initially part of the Canal Zone school system, was later taken over by the Department of Defense Dependent Schools, which later became a part of the DoDEA. It was used for the 7th and 8th grades of both students from the Canal Zone and dependents of US Military personnel stationed there. The school had an iconic geodesic dome cafeteria and the school mascot was the Cougar.
References
Corregimientos of Panamá Province
Panamá District
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