Palanda Canton
| Palanda Canton | |
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| Canton | |
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Palanda | |
 Location of Zamora Chinchipe Province in Ecuador. | |
 Cantons of Zamora Chinchipe Province | |
| Coordinates: EC 4°38′59″S 79°07′56″W / 4.6498°S 79.1321°W | |
| Country |
 Ecuador |
| Province | Zamora-Chinchipe Province |
| Capital | Palanda |
| Time zone | ECT (UTC-5) |
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
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
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
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