The ancon hill is a 654 foot hill that overlooks the city of panama it is an area that was used for the administration of the panama canal it was under usa jurisdiction as part of the panama canal zone until being returned to panama in 1999 the area is now a reserve the hill is the highest point in panama city what happened on january 9 of 1964 was one of the main reasons that the torrijos carter treaty was made in order to get the panama canal back mi pueblito is a place in the ancon