The Parque Municipal Summit (Summit Municipal Park) is a botanical garden and a zoo of 250 hectares (620 acres) in total area (of which 55 hectares (140 acres) belong to the botanical garden), which is located on the outskirts of Panama City at about kilometer 18 on the road leading to Gamboa.
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