Palanda Canton
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Palanda Canton | |
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| Location of Zamora Chinchipe Province in Ecuador. Location of Zamora Chinchipe Province in Ecuador. | |
| Cantons of Zamora Chinchipe Province Cantons of Zamora Chinchipe Province | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador |
| Province | Zamora-Chinchipe Province |
| Capital | Palanda |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (ECT) |
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Palanda Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province. Its capital is the town of Palanda. Its population at the 2001 census was 7,066.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]This canton has a long history, from the earliest known humans occupation[2] to one of the latest inca battle, just before the colonial time.[3]
Parishes
[edit | edit source]The canton is administratively divided into 4 parishes
Archaeology
[edit | edit source]The site of Santa Ana (La Florida) is located just to the north of Palanda.[4] This is an important archaeological site going back as early as 3,500 BC.
The work in this area was started in 2002 by a team of French and Ecuadoran archaeologists.
References
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Human settlements already existed in the Amazon Basin (Ecuador) 4000 years ago. 12-May-2004 eurekalert.org
- Valdez, Francisco. “Inter-zonal relationships in Ecuador”, en Handbook of South American Archaeology, Helaine Silverman y William Isbell eds., Springer, pp. 865–891, 2008
- Valdez, Francisco; Jean Gufroy; Geoffroy de Saulieu; Julio Hurtado; Alexandra Yépez (2005), Découverte d’un site cérémoniel formatif sur le versant oriental des Andes Proyecto Zamora Chinchipe
