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La Maná
La Maná is a town in the Cotopaxi Province of Ecuador. It is the seat of the La Maná Canton. La Maná, is one of seven canton of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. La Maná is not only a canton, but also is the name the main town. The canton has a total area of 66,258 acres. It is the sixth largest canton of the province of Cotopaxi. The origin of La Mana has its mysteries and charms. La Mana, is derived from LANG MANA ATTI which means "mine of great king". It is named that because of its abundance of gold and other minerals in the subsoil. The "Colorado" word (safiqui) MANA means "beautiful, big" which is attributed to the fertility of the land. La Mana was inhabited by the Tsachilas or "Los Colorados". In the sector, many vestiges of their presence have been discovered, such as pieces of clay, zoomorphic statuettes with ornaments, and clay pots, where presumably, they melted metals like the gold that abounded in the mountains. The legislative Committee of Civil and Penal Law sen ...
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Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contains the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific, about west of the mainland. The country's Capital city, capital is Quito and its largest city is Guayaquil. The land that comprises modern-day Ecuador was once home to several groups of Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, indigenous peoples that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was Spanish colonization of the Americas, colonized by the Spanish Empire during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as a sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of Europe ...
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Cotopaxi Province
Cotopaxi () is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province contains the Cotopaxi volcano, an intermittent volcano with a height of . Cantons The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each canton with its population (per the 2001 census), its area in square kilometres (km2), and the name of the canton seat (capital). Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Mestizo 72.1% * Indigenous 22.1% *White 2.3% *Montubio 1.8% *Afro-Ecuadorian 1.7% *Other 0.1% See also * Cotopaxi National Park * Llanganates National Park * Panzaleo (ethnic group) * Provinces of Ecuador * Cantons of Ecuador The cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. The cantons are further subdivided into parishes, which are classified as either urban or rural. As of 2025, there are 222 cantons in the country. The ... * Centro de Levantamientos Integrados de Recursos Natura ...
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La Maná Canton
La Maná Canton is a canton of Ecuador in the Cotopaxi Province. Its capital is the town of La Maná. Its population at the 2001 census was 32,115. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Mestizo 81.6% *Montubio 6.5% *Afro-Ecuadorian 5.9% *White 3.9% *Indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology) In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ... 1.8% *Other 0.3% References Cantons of Cotopaxi Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub ...
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Town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative status, or historical significance. In some regions, towns are formally defined by legal charters or government designations, while in others, the term is used informally. Towns typically feature centralized services, infrastructure, and governance, such as municipal authorities, and serve as hubs for commerce, education, and cultural activities within their regions. The concept of a town varies culturally and legally. For example, in the United Kingdom, a town may historically derive its status from a market town designation or City status in the United Kingdom, royal charter, while in the United States, the term is often loosely applied to incorporated municipality, municipalities. In some countries, such as Australia and Canada, distinction ...
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Peru has Demographics of Peru, a population of over 32 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At , Peru is the List of countries and dependencies by area, 19th largest country in the world, and the List of South American countries by area, third largest in South America. Pre-Columbian Peru, Peruvian territory was home to Andean civilizations, several cultures during the ancient and medieval periods, and has one o ...
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Singa District
Singa or Sinqa (Quechua for nose) is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.97% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


See also

* Awila Qhincha Mach'ay * Millpu *
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