Balboa may refer to:

Boats

Balboa 16 The Balboa 16 is an American Trailer sailer, trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a day sailer and first built in 1981.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 64-65. Ho ...

, an American sailboat design * Balboa 20, an American sailboat design * Balboa 21, an American sailboat design * Balboa 22, an American sailboat design * Balboa 23, an American sailboat design * Balboa 24, an American sailboat design

Places

* Balboa, Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia *

Balboa, León Balboa () (Valboa in Galician language) is a village and municipality located in the region of El Bierzo (province of León, Castile and León, Spain). It is one of Galician speaking councils of El Bierzo Pedanías The parishes belonging t ...

, a Spanish village and municipality *

Balboa, Panama Balboa is a district of Panama City, located at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. It was the capital of the Panama Canal Zone under American administration. History The town of Balboa, founded by the United States during the constru ...

, a port city in Panama ** Balboa District of Panamá Province in Panama *

Balboa, Risaralda Balboa is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia, with a distance of approximately 53 kilometers from the capital Pereira. In 2023, the town had an estimated population of 6,510. History Balboa was founded in 1907 b ...

, a town and municipality in Colombia * Balboa (Los Angeles Metro station), on the Los Angeles Metro Orange Line * Balboa (lunar crater), located near the western limb of the Moon *

Balboa High School (California) Balboa High School, colloquially known as Bal, is an American public high school located near the Excelsior District in the Mission Terrace neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States. Balboa serves grades ninth grade, nine through 1 ...

, an American public high school of San Francisco, California * Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California, a harborside community in Newport Beach * Balboa Park (disambiguation), any of several * Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California, a neighborhood of the city of Newport Beach *

Naval Medical Center San Diego Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) is a United States Navy hospital in San Diego, California. It is also known as Bob Wilson Naval Hospital and informally referred to as "Balboa Hospital", and "The Pink Palace", due to the stucco of the first ...

, a US Navy medical treatment facility informally known as "Balboa Hospital"

People

Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa (; c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish people, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for crossing the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to ...

( 1475 – 1519), a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador *

Javier Balboa Javier Ángel Balboa Osa (born 13 May 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for Real Madrid and Benfica. After emerging at Real Madrid's youth system, he could never establish himself in its first ...

(born 1985), football midfielder *

Marcelo Balboa Marcelo Balboa (born August 8, 1967) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a defender in the 1990s for the United States national team, becoming its captain. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. After r ...

(born 1967), American former soccer defender *

Álex Balboa Alejandro 'Álex' Balboa Bandeira (born 6 March 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club Almere City. Born in Spain, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team. Early life Balboa was born in Vito ...

(born 2001), football midfielder

Entertainment

Balboa (dance) The Balboa, also known as "Bal", is a swing dance that emerged in Southern California during the early 1930s as a response to swing music. The earliest recorded reference to Balboa is 1932. This date coincides with what is generally accepted t ...

, a close embrace style of swing dancing *

Balboa (band) Balboa is an American hardcore band, from Philadelphia, United States. Discography Studio releases *'' Balboa'' LP (2003, Word Salad Records) *''Balboa'' CD (2004 re-release, Forge Again Records) *'' Manifeste Canibale'' EP (2005, Forge Agai ...

, a hardcore band from Philadelphia *

Balboa County ''Veronica Mars'' is an American television series created by Rob Thomas (writer), Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended its original run on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, ...

, a fictional county setting for the ''Veronica Mars'' television series *

Rocky Balboa Robert "Rocky" Balboa (also known by his ring name the Italian Stallion) is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of the ''Rocky'' franchise. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who has also portrayed him in eight of ...

, protagonist of the ''Rocky'' film series * Balboa, the merged tribe name in '' Survivor: Pearl Islands'' * Balboa, a probe featured in ''

Alien Planet ''Alien Planet'' is a 2005 docufiction TV special created for the Discovery Channel. Based on the 1990 book '' Expedition'' by the artist and writer Wayne Barlowe, ''Alien Planet'' explores the imagined extraterrestrial life of the fictional plan ...

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Balboa Amusement Producing Company The Balboa Amusement Producing Company (also known as Balboa Studios, and Balboa Feature Film Company) was a film production company in Long Beach, California, from 1913 to 1918 that produced more than 1000 films, around 90% of which have been ...

, a silent film era production company *

Balboa Productions Balboa Productions is an American film and television production company founded and led by Sylvester Stallone. The studio is named after his character Rocky Balboa from the ''Rocky'' franchise. History On May 30, 2018, Sylvester Stallone form ...

, Sylvester Stallone's film production company

Other uses

* ''Balboa'' (bug), a genus of dirt-colored seed bugs * Balboa Line, a former train route in California, U.S. * Panamanian balboa, the official currency of Panama

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