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2 unusual facts about West Coast University – Panama


West Coast University – Panama

The “West Coast Institute of Management & Technology (WCIMT)” was established in 1996 at Perth by a Christian family “S. Lloyd Family Trust” to provide vocational and Professional Educational Services at National and International Levels under a Christian mission and vision of preaching, teaching and Social work.It is Autonomous Educational Institute and Vocational Training School.

Government personnel said that in 2006 West Coast had opened a campus in Khulna, where in February 2007 the school began conducting courses in electrical and electronic engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering and architecture.


2006 Centrobasket

The 2006 Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as 2006 Centrobasket, was hosted in Panama City, Panama.

Aras Baskauskas

Aras Baskauskas (born September 26, 1981) was the winner of Survivor: Panama and a contestant on Survivor: Blood vs. Water.

Balboa, Panama

Sightseeing highlights for anyone visiting Balboa today include the Administration Building, Mi Pueblito Afroantillano, scenic overlook of Ancon Hill (from which can be seen a set of locks of the Canal), monument Homenaje a la Democracia, the Goethals Memorial, the Prado, two handicraft markets, three bed-and-breakfast hotels, and a country store and café near the Administration Building.

Boise Airport

The right engine failed shortly after take-off from Albrook Field, near Panama City.

Boquete District

Is not until the 19th century, when starts the colonization of the Boquete region, with population from Gualaca, Bugaba, David and a little community of foreigners (mostly French and Germans) and some north Americans who started the growing of coffee, vegetables and the cattle raising.

Carlos Ward

Carlos Ward (born May 1, 1940 in Ancón, Panama) is a jazz alto saxophonist and flautist.

Chepo expedition

Sailing up the Mandingua River, the expedition crossed the Isthmus of Panama into the Pacific where they raided shipping for several months as well as looting and then burning the town of Chepo, Panama.

Chico Salmon

Ruthford Eduardo "Chico" Salmon (December 3, 1940 in Colón, Panama – September 17, 2000 in Bocas del Toro, Panama) was a Panamanian Major League Baseball utility player.

Copa Airlines Flight 201

The aircraft departed from Tocumen International Airport in Panama City on 6 June 1992 at 20:37 local time for a flight to Cali, Colombia with 40 passengers and seven crew members.

Copa Rommel Fernández

West Panama includes the districts that are over the Bridge of the Americas (Arraiján, La Chorrera, Chame and San Carlos).

David Leeson

While photographing protesters during the buildup to the ousting of Manuel Noriega in 1988, Leeson was wounded when a shotgun pellet entered his cheek, chipping his tooth and sending him to a Panama City emergency room.

Diego de Almagro

Diego de Almagro II (1520–1542), known as El Mozo (The Lad), son of Diego de Almagro I, whose mother was an Indian girl of Panama, became the foil of the conspirators who had put Pizarro to the sword.

Economy of Panama

In Panama City there are six highways: the Panama-Arraijan Bridge of the Americas, Panama-Arraijan Centennial Bridge, Arraijan-Chorrera, Corredor Norte, Corredor Sur, and Autopista Alberto Motta.

Education in Panama

As of 2004, more than 92,500 Panamanian students attended the University of Panama, the Technological University of Panama, West Coast University – Panama and the University of Santa Maria La Antigua, a private Catholic institution.

El Cristo

According to studies by the archaeologist Cook, this community is similar to the pre-Columbian site of the Sierra at the edge of Santa Maria.

Gamboa, Panama

In the movie The Tailor of Panama the character played by Pierce Brosnan stays at the Gamboa Rainforest Resort, and has a meal at a waterside restaurant in Gamboa.

The Dredging Division's docks are used by light ferries to reach the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) facilities at Barro Colorado Island.

General Aircraft Cygnet

After being repaired and being flown for several years, it was landed at a short airstrip in Colón and was unable to depart therefrom.

Heraclio Barletta

Born in Guarare, Los Santos, Panama, Heraclio Barletta died on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1960.

Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard

Lieutenant Junior Grade Clarence Samuels, born on Bohio, Panama, enlisted in the Coast Guard on July 16, 1920 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States on July 21, 1923.

In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama

In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama is the third compilation album in the In Search of Sunrise series mixed by Dutch trance producer and DJ Tiësto, released on May 29, 2002 (see 2002 in music) in the Netherlands.

Isaac Strain

Isaac Grier Strain was born March 4, 1821, in Roxbury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, of Scots-Irish origin, and died May 14, 1857, in Aspinwall, (alternative name of Colón, Panama) Colombia.

Japanese cruiser Asama

The following year, the Asama made a shorter cruise to Acapulco, Balboa, San Francisco, and Vancouver.

Jon Snodgrass

Jon Snodgrass is a Panamanian author, born on July 27, 1941 in Colón, Panama to John Alphonso and Olivia Jane (Chestnut) Snodgrass.

José Parrilla

José Parrilla (born 31 March 1972 in Ancón, Panama) is an American middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 meters.

Julio Segundo

Julio Manuel Segundo Ríos (born 26 September 1993 in La Chorrera) is a Panamian footballer, who plays for Veria F.C. in the Superleague Greece as a midfielder.

La Pintada, Panama

The town is located in the hills 13 km northwest of Penonomé.

MS West Grama

In March 1930, the Los Angeles Times reported that West Grama was en route from Balboa to San Francisco.

Pacific Pearl Company

After arriving at Aspinwall, the vessel was transported via railroad to the city of Panama.

Panamanian spiny pocket mouse

Panamanian spiny pocket mice are found only in southern and western Panama, along the Pacific coast between David and Chepo, and inland as far as the headwaters of rivers flowing into the Atlantic.

Paraíso, Panama

In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt stopped in Paraiso by rail to address the workers and inspect the progress of excavations.

Pedro Heilbron

Pedro Heilbron (born 1958 in Colón, Panama) is, since 1988, the CEO of Copa Holdings S.A., the parent company of Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines and Colombian carrier AeroRepública.

Province of Tierra Firme

Other provinces of this region during this era were Nueva Andalucia and Veragua or Castilla del Oro; the main city in Tierra Firme was Santa Maria La Antigua del Darién, now Darién, Panama, near at mouth of the Tarena river.

Robert S. Doran

He served as a Special Forces Instructor at the US Army Jungle Survival Center at Fort Sherman in Colón, Panama.

Robin Lee Graham

After spending Christmas and New Year's Day in Cristobal in the Canal Zone, Return of Dove sailed through the Panama Canal with both Robin and Patti aboard (so Robin ended up not completing his entire journey alone) and reached Balboa on January 17, 1970.

Santa Clara, Chiriqui, Panama

In 2009 the University of Northern Colorado studied the district of Renacimiento, whose capital is Rio Sereno.

The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (aka MBC, in Spanish "Corridor Biológico Mesoamericano") passes nearby.

SS Central America

On 3 September 1857, 477 passengers and 101 crew left the Panamanian port of Colón, sailing for New York City under the command of William Lewis Herndon.

Stephen P. Hubbell

Dr. Hubbell is also a senior staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, Panama.

Survivor Srbija: Panama

Her arrest warrant has a central character (as opposed to the worldwide Interpol one), meaning that it is only in effect on the territory of Republika Srpska.

Transport in Panama

In Panama City are 6 highways working being that the Panama--Arraijan Bridge of the Americas, Panama-Arraijan Centennial Bridge, Arraijan-Chorrera, Corredor Norte, Corredor Sur, and Autopista Alberto Motta

Transportation in North America

The road network extends from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and Anchorage, Alaska, in the extreme northwest, to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador, Blanc Sablon and Natashquan, Quebec, in the extreme east, all the way to Yaviza, Panama, in the extreme south.

Two Bodies in the Lab

"Two Bodies in the Lab" attracted 12.07 million viewers, placing it first among 18 to 49 years old viewers and second in total viewers behind CBS' Survivor: Panama.

United States Air Forces Southern Command

The first United States air units arrived in the Canal Zone in February 1917, with the 7th Aero Squadron being organized on 29 March at Ancon.

William B. Van Ingen

They are mounted in the Panama Canal Administration Building in Balboa, Panama.


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