Muisne
| Muisne | ||
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| Waters | Ensenada de San Francisco, Pacific Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 35 ′ 50 ″ N , 80 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| length | 8.4 km | |
| width | 1.7 km | |
| surface | 8 km² | |
| Residents | 6500 (2010) 813 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Muisne | |
Muisne is an approximately 8 km² island in the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometers southwest of Esmeraldas , on Ecuador's northwest coast.
geography
The island is separated from the mainland by a 300 m wide, "río" (= river) called estuary. It is 7.5 km long in the north-south extension and almost 1.5 km wide in the west-east direction at the widest point.
With the opposite coastal strip of the mainland, the island of Muisne forms the Parroquia Muisne. (A parroquia , literally: parish, is the smallest administrative unit in Ecuador.) In addition, Muisne is the eponymous capital of the canton of Muisne.
population
The island had about 6,000 inhabitants in 2010. Another 3,000 inhabitants live on the mainland part of the Parroquia Muisne.
The majority of the population of Muisnes, as in the province of Esmeraldas as a whole, are Afro-Ecuadorians. Their ancestors had been deported from Africa to the Pacific coast in the era of the slave trade .
economy
The main source of income for the islanders is agriculture, followed by tourism and third by fishing.
traffic
To get to the island, several lanchas (motor boats) cross the narrow waterway that separates the mainland from the island of Muisne. Triciclos are used as a means of transport on the island, motorcycle taxis with a third wheel that can be used to transport people and loads for just a few US cents within the village or from the village to the beach two kilometers away. There are no cars on the mangrove island.
You can get to the state capital Quito in around 8–9 hours using the intercity buses that run several times a day.
Footnotes and individual references
- ↑ Plan Estratégico para el Desarrollo Integral de la Economía del cantón Muisne, 2015–2020 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 41, accessed July 19, 2017.
- ↑ According to the 2010 census: 5,925 inhabitants in the “urban” area ( urbana ), i. H. on the island, 2,955 inhabitants in the "rural" area ( rural ) d. H. on the mainland. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos : Censo de Población y de Vivienda (CPV), 2010 ( Memento of the original of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 19, 2017.
- ↑ The cheerful rebellion. The descendants of the slaves in Ecuador fight for their rights to this day. In: Continents , vol. 52 (2017), issue 4 (July / August), pp. 21–23, here p. 21.
- ^ Secretaria Nacional de Planificación y Desarrollo (SENPLADES): Cantón Muisne, Provincia de Esmeraldas . Quito 2014, p. 2.
