Tungurahua Province

Tungurahua Province Provincia de Tungurahua
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Location in Ecuador
Basic data
Capital	Ambato
population	504,583 (2010,)
- Share in Ecuador	3.7%
- Rank in Ecuador	Rank 7 of 22
- density	167 inhabitants per km²
surface	2,896 km²
- Share in Ecuador	1.1%
- Rank in Ecuador	Rank 22 of 22
License Plate	T
Set up	1860
prefect	Fernando Naranjo (Unidad Intercultural)
governor	Fernando González
Seats in the National Congress	3 out of 100
structure	9 cantons
ISO 3166-2	EC-T
www.tungurahua.gov.ec

Landscape near Baños

Tungurahua is a province named after the volcano of the same name in the central Andean highlands of Ecuador . About 504,580 people live here on 2900 km² . The provincial capital is Ambato . Another city ​​that is particularly important for tourism is Baños . In addition to the Tungurahua , the Carihuairazo is another five-thousand-meter peak in Tungurahua. The Panamericana crosses the province from north to south .

geography

Tunguarahua is pretty much in the middle of Ecuador. Tungurahua borders the province of Cotopaxi to the northwest , Napo to the northeast and Pastaza to the east . In the southeast, Tungurahua borders on Morona Santiago , in the south on the province of Chimborazo and in the west on Bolívar . In the far east of the province is the transition between the Andes and the Amazon basin . With an area of ​​almost 3000 km², Tungurahua is the smallest of the Ecuadorian provinces.

history

By the law on the territorial division (Spanish Ley de División Territorial ) of Greater Colombia of June 25, 1824, the canton of Ambato was founded as a subunit of the province of Chimborazo of the Departamento de Quito . In 1860, the Provisional Government of Quito under Gabriel García Moreno established the Ambato Province, which was renamed the Tungurahua Province in 1861.

politics

Prefect of the province is Fernando Naranjo, the 2004 for a Unidad Intercultural (Engl. "Intercultural Unit") called electoral alliance of the Social Democratic Izquierda Democrática , the Indigenabewegung Pachakutik and the political movement Frente Cívico Nuevo País (FC-NP) has been selected. The mayor of the capital Ambato, Fernando Callejas, was also elected for the same electoral alliance.

The current governor appointed by the government is Fernando González.

Cantons

The province is currently divided into nine cantons . These are (in order of their establishment):

1. Ambato (established in 1824 as a canton of the Greater Colombian province of Chimborazo, capital: Ambato )
2. Pillaro (established in 1851, capital: Pillaro )
3. San Pedro de Pelileo (established in 1860, capital: Pelileo )
4. Baños de Agua Santa (established in 1936, capital: Baños )
5. Quero (established in 1972, capital: Quero )
6. Patate (established 1973, capital: Patate )
7. Cevallos (established in 1986, capital: Cevallos )
8. Mocha (established in 1986, capital: Mocha)
9. Tisaleo (established in 1987, capital: Tisaleo)

Remarks

1. ↑ Censo de Poblacion y vivienda 2010 ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2011 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. 

Web links

• Official Site of the Provincial Government (Spanish)
• Information about the province (Spanish)

Coordinates: 1 ° 16 ′  S , 78 ° 30 ′  W