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Is 551 hands as long as The Panama Canal?

It's about one-one-thousand-five-hundredth as long as The Panama Canal
Flag of Pamana
The length of The Panama Canal is about 870,000 hands.
(Canal de Panamá) (Panama)
Connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal measures 870,000 hands in length. Ships passing through the Canal are raised (and then lowered) 260 hands above sea level through the lock-and-dam system.
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