Palanda Canton

Palanda Canton
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Location of Zamora Chinchipe Province in Ecuador.
Cantons of Zamora Chinchipe Province
Coordinates: 4.6498°S 79.1321°W / -4.6498; -79.1321
Country	Ecuador
Province	Zamora-Chinchipe Province
Capital	Palanda
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)

Palanda Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province. Its capital is the town of Palanda [es]. Its population at the 2001 census was 7,066.^[1]

History

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

The canton is administratively divided into 4 parishes

• Vergel
• Palanda
• El Porvenir
• Valladolid

Archaeology

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

1. Cantons of Ecuador at statoids.com
2. "Mayo-Chinchipe - Proyecto Zamora Chinchipe". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
3. "San Agustín - Proyecto Zamora Chinchipe". Archived from the original on 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
4. area map

• natureandculture.org

Bibliography

• 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