Zonians (Spanish: Zoneítas, singular: zoneíta, zoniano) are people associated with the Panama Canal Zone, a political entity which existed between 1903 and the absorption of the Canal Zone into the Republic of Panama between 1979 and 1999.

Many Zonians are descendants of the civilian American workers who came to the area during the early 1900s to work and maintain the canal.

Many of the Zonians were American citizens born in the Canal Zone or had spent their childhood there.

This unique relation—physically near Panama yet citizens of the U.S.—makes Zonians a diasporic community, with members turning to online forums (such as the PANAMA-L listserv) to discuss and debate issues such as nationalism, belonging, and national identity.

[2] The Panama Canal Society holds a reunion for Zonians every year, usually in Orlando, Florida.