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Cañar Province
Cañar () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari. Cantons The province is divided into 7 canton (administrative division), cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital (political), capital. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009. 3 See also * Ingapirca * Cañari * Sangay National Park * Provinces of Ecuador * Ca ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingapirca
Ingapirca (Kichwa: ''Inka Pirka'', "Inca wall") is a town in Cañar Province, Ecuador, and the name of the older Inca ruins and archeological site nearby. These are the largest known Inca ruins in Ecuador. The most significant building is the Temple of the Sun, an elliptically shaped building constructed around a large rock. History This area had long been settled by the Cañari indigenous people, who called it ''Hatun Cañar.'' As the Inca Empire expanded into southern Ecuador, the Inca Túpac Yupanqui encountered the Cañari "Hatun Cañar" tribe. He had difficulties in conquering them. He used different political strategies, marrying the Cañari princess and improving the Cañari city of ''Guapondelig,'' calling it Tumebamba or Pumapungo (present-day Cuenca). The Inca and Cañari decided to settle their differences and live together peacefully. The astronomical observatory was built under Inca Huayna Capac. The Inca renamed the city as Ingapirca and kept most of their dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biblián Canton
Biblián Canton Ecuador is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Cañar Province Cañar () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador an .... Its capital is the town of Biblián. Its population at the 2010 census was 20,500. at statoids.com Population has remained unchanged for the past two decades. Most of its original inhabitants have immigrated to the United States and Spain, while internal immigration from other cities in the province has helped keep the population at about 20,000 since the 1980s Points of interest *El Santuario de la Virgen del Rocío[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangay National Park
Sangay National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Sangay) is a national park located in the Morona Santiago, Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Cañar and Azuay provinces of Ecuador. The park contains two active volcanoes (Tungurahua and Sangay), one extinct volcano El Altar (Kapak Urku). Protecting a range of elevations from 900 to 5319 meters above sea level, Sangay National Park contains a wide variety of habitats, including glaciers, volcanic landscapes, tropical rainforests, cloud forests, wetlands, grasslands, and one of the largest regions of páramo (high elevation moorlands) in Ecuador. 327 lakes feed into a vast wetland system covering 31.5 square kilometers. Because of its complex ecology and geology, as well as its outstanding biodiversity, the park has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. In 1992, it was added to the List of World Heritage in Danger due to illegal poaching, extensive grazing, unplanned road construction and encroachment of the park's perimeter. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Troncal
La Troncal is the seat of La Troncal Canton in the Cañar Province, Ecuador. The region that would become this significant town, was sparsely populated by farmers until the 1950s. The population began to grow in the 1950s, when migrants from Azuay Azuay (), Province of Azuay is a province of Ecuador, created on 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of . Its capital is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands. Its mountains reach above sea level in the natio ..., and the Cañar provinces began to settle in the area in search of new and better job opportunities. Around the 1990s thanks to the growth of the sugar mill Aztra, migrants from Manabi also began to move in, by which the population was gradually growing in size and importance. References www.inec.gov.ec(pdf) External links Populated places in Cañar Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Troncal Canton
La Troncal Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Cañar Province. Its capital is the town of La Troncal La Troncal is the seat of La Troncal Canton in the Cañar Province, Ecuador. The region that would become this significant town, was sparsely populated by farmers until the 1950s. The population began to grow in the 1950s, when migrants from Az .... Its population at the 2001 census was 44,268. at statoids.com References Cantons of Cañar Province {{Cantons of Ecuador ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suscal Canton
Suscal Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Cañar Province Cañar () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador an .... Its capital is the town of Suscal. Its population at the 2001 census was 4,419. at statoids.com References Cantons of Cañar Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Tambo, Ecuador
EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American politician * Ephrat Livni (born 1972), American street artist Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * El, a character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * El, short for Eleven, a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in ''Superman'' *E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip'' Literature * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * ''Él'' (visual novel), a 2000 Japanese adult visual novel Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * ''Él'' (Lucero album), a 1982 album by Lucero * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from ''Caminando'' (album) * "Él" (Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Tambo Canton
El Tambo is one of seven cantons located in Cañar Province, Ecuador. It is situated along the PanAmerican highway in a valley across from the larger town of Cañar. The population of El Tambo is a mix of mestizo and indigenous Cañari. About 30 minutes out of El Tambo is the town of Ingapirca named after the Incan ruins that are there. The ruins of Ingapirca Ingapirca (Kichwa: ''Inka Pirka'', "Inca wall") is a town in Cañar Province, Ecuador, and the name of the older Inca ruins and archeological site nearby. These are the largest known Inca ruins in Ecuador. The most significant building is the ... are the largest Incan ruins in Ecuador. External linksEl Tambo travel destination Cantons of Cañar Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Déleg Canton
Déleg () is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Cañar Province Cañar () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador an .... Its capital is the town of Déleg. Its population at the 2001 census was 6,221. at statoids.com References Cantons of Cañar Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
