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The eruv in Panama City

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Panama City has a community eruv over the main Jewish neighborhoods. The official map, titled 'Eruv Panama' and linked from both Shevet Ahim's sites and Chabad's, covers La Cresta, Bella Vista, Marbella, Paitilla and Punta Pacífica, and Chabad also lists parts of Avenida Balboa and the Cinta Costera. The local community maintains it, and Shevet Ahim publishes the map.

Confirm the eruv's status every Friday; there's no public weekly status notice.

The eruv on a map

The line is the community’s own: the “Eruv Panama” map on Google My Maps, published by Shevet Ahim and linked by Chabad, as we retrieved it on November 9, 2026. We show it unchanged: every point is the community’s, and we haven’t redrawn, smoothed or extended it.

The eruv can be down. The map shows where the line runs, not whether it’s up this week. Check every Friday with the community: the Shevet Ahim office, Chabad or your shul.

Skip the map
  • The eruv boundary (the community’s line)
  • Shul
  • Mikveh
  • Shabbat-friendly hotel
  • Where a mikveh is in the same building as a shul, they share one pin: tap it for both.
Open in Google MapsDownload the outline

Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors, via OpenFreeMap. The line is only as precise as the community’s map: it’s a line on a map, not a survey of the wires and poles.

What the line covers

The community’s map describes its area as “La Cresta, Bella Vista, Marbella, Paitilla y Punta Pacifica”. Chabad of Panama City lists the covered areas as Punta Pacífica, Punta Paitilla and parts of Marbella, Bella Vista, Avenida Balboa and the Cinta Costera.

Inside the line

  • La Cresta
  • Bella Vista (part)
  • Marbella (part)
  • Punta Paitilla
  • Punta Pacífica
  • Avenida Balboa / Cinta Costera (part)

Not inside the line

  • San Francisco is not included. The San Francisco neighborhood, north of Paitilla and Punta Pacífica, is outside the line. (Paitilla and Punta Pacífica belong to the San Francisco district for administration; that doesn’t put the neighborhood inside the eruv.)
  • Casco Viejo, at the far end of the Cinta Costera: the whole line lies north of it.
  • Costa del Este, further east along the bay: the whole line lies west of it.

Main streets: part of Avenida Balboa and the Cinta Costera are inside. Marbella and Bella Vista are only partly covered, so check your building and your walking route on the map. The whole line fits in an area about 3.9 km east to west and 2.0 km north to south.

Shuls, mikvaot and hotels by the line

Inside the line

Close to the line: check the map

Outside the line

Worked out by us from each listing’s map point against the community’s line. A map point is one spot on a building, so anything within 100 m of the line (200 m for an approximate point) is listed as close to it. Being inside the line isn’t a ruling that carrying is permitted: ask your rav, and confirm the eruv is up each Friday.

Checking the status before Shabbat

Open the map before Shabbat and check that your hotel and walking route are inside the line; Marbella and Bella Vista are only partly covered. There's no public weekly status notice, so confirm every Friday that the eruv is up: ask the Shevet Ahim office or Chabad, or ask at your shul.

Contacts: the Shevet Ahim office, +507 225-5990, or Chabad on WhatsApp, +507 6636-8515. Confirm the eruv’s status every Friday before Shabbat.

Maintained by
Local community (Shevet Ahim publishes the map)
Checked
The community checks it weekly, we’re told (as reported, Nov 2026)
Weekly status notice
None published. Ask on Friday.

Questions

Is there an eruv in Panama City?

Yes. A community eruv covers the main Jewish neighborhoods: Punta Pacífica, Punta Paitilla, La Cresta and parts of Bella Vista, Marbella, Avenida Balboa and the Cinta Costera.

Who looks after the eruv?

Local community (Shevet Ahim publishes the map). As for checking, the community checks it weekly, we’re told (as reported, Nov 2026).

How do I know whether the eruv is up this Shabbat?

There's no public weekly status notice, hotline or channel. Confirm every Friday: call the Shevet Ahim office or message Chabad, or ask at your shul.

Is my hotel inside the eruv?

See the list on this page, then check your hotel and your walking route on the community's eruv map before Shabbat. Marbella and Bella Vista are only partly covered. By our map points, Renaissance Panama City Hotel and W Panama are outside the line.

Staying nearby? See walking minutes from each hotel to shul.

Sources

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