Carchi Province
Carchi | |
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Province | |
Province o Carchi | |
Carchi Province in Ecuador | |
Cantons o Carchi Province | |
Kintra | Ecuador |
Legal establishment | 19 November 1880 |
Caipital | Tulcán |
Area | |
• Total | 3750 km2 (1,450 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 165,659 |
• Population 2001 | 156747 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (ECT) |
Website | www.carchi.gov.ec |
Carchi is a province in Ecuador. The caipital is Tulcán.
Economy
The provincial economy is based on industrial, an agricultur productions. Carchi produces fuid, drinks, tobacco, an dairy products. The agricultur sector produces potatoes, maize, etc.[1]
Cantons
The province is dividit intae 6 cantons. The follaein table leets each wi its population as o the 2001 census, its aurie in square kilometres (km²), an the name o the canton seat or caipital.[2]
Canton | Pop. (2001) | Aurie (km²) | Seat/Caipital |
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Bolívar | 13,898 | 353 | Bolívar |
Espejo | 13,515 | 554 | El Ángel |
Mira | 12,919 | 588 | Mira |
Montúfar | 28,576 | 383 | San Gabriel |
San Pedro de Huaca | 6,856 | 71 | Huaca |
Tulcán | 77,175 | 1,801 | Tulcán |
Tourist destinations
- Tulcán Cemetery - topiary gairden cemetery;
- El Ángel ecological reserve, El Ángel - extensive páramo ecoseestem wi diverse biotopes, includin the visually strikin páramos de frailejones - moorland wi a forest o auncient, up tae 10 m taw Espeletia pycnophylla plants[3];
- Arrayanes Forest, San Gabriel - 16 ha lairge forest wi rare trees whose bark is in cinnamon colour;
- Lagunas Verdes on the wey frae Tufiño tae Maldonado. Three lakes o volcanic oreegin wi blue - green watter, rich wi sulphur;
- Gruta de la Paz, San Gabriel - shaw cave wi a shrine o Virgin Mary;
- Laguna del Salado, San Gabriel - a serene lagoon wi translucent watter;
- Tufiño Het Springs, Tulcán;
- "El Voladero" lagoons, El Angel;
- De Paluz Faws, San Gabriel;
- Guanderas Scienteefic Station, Huaca - a biological research station for montane ecosystems.
See an aw
- Provinces o Ecuador
- Cantons o Ecuador
References
- ↑ "Carchi information". Archived frae the original on 11 Mey 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ↑ "Páramo El Ángel - eerie land of frailejones". Wondermondo.
Freemit airtins
- (in Spaingie) Gobierno Provincial del Carchi Archived 2009-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, offeecial wabsteid
- (in Spaingie) !Con el Carchi no se juega!
- (in Inglis) "DEJA VU" OF HISTORY: YOU DON'T MESS WITH CARCHI Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine