Carchi Province

Carchi
Carchi
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	Province o Carchi
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	Carchi Province in Ecuador
	Cantons o Carchi Province
Kintra	Ecuador
Legal establishment	19 November 1880
Caipital	Tulcán
Area
• Total	3750 km2 (1,450 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	165,659
• Population 2001	156747
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)
Website	www.carchi.gov.ec

Carchi is a province in Ecuador. The caipital is Tulcán.

Economy

The provincial economy is based on industrial, an agricultur productions. Carchi produces fuid, drinks, tobacco, an dairy products. The agricultur sector produces potatoes, maize, etc.^[1]

Cantons

The province is dividit intae 6 cantons. The follaein table leets each wi its population as o the 2001 census, its aurie in square kilometres (km²), an the name o the canton seat or caipital.^[2]

Canton	Pop. (2001)	Aurie (km²)	Seat/Caipital
Bolívar	13,898	353	Bolívar
Espejo	13,515	554	El Ángel
Mira	12,919	588	Mira
Montúfar	28,576	383	San Gabriel
San Pedro de Huaca	6,856	71	Huaca
Tulcán	77,175	1,801	Tulcán

Tourist destinations

Tulcán Cemetery - topiary gairden cemetery;
El Ángel ecological reserve, El Ángel - extensive páramo ecoseestem wi diverse biotopes, includin the visually strikin páramos de frailejones - moorland wi a forest o auncient, up tae 10 m taw Espeletia pycnophylla plants^[3];
Arrayanes Forest, San Gabriel - 16 ha lairge forest wi rare trees whose bark is in cinnamon colour;
Lagunas Verdes on the wey frae Tufiño tae Maldonado. Three lakes o volcanic oreegin wi blue - green watter, rich wi sulphur;
Gruta de la Paz, San Gabriel - shaw cave wi a shrine o Virgin Mary;
Laguna del Salado, San Gabriel - a serene lagoon wi translucent watter;
Tufiño Het Springs, Tulcán;
"El Voladero" lagoons, El Angel;
De Paluz Faws, San Gabriel;
Guanderas Scienteefic Station, Huaca - a biological research station for montane ecosystems.

See an aw

References

↑ "Carchi information". Archived frae the original on 11 Mey 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
↑ "Páramo El Ángel - eerie land of frailejones". Wondermondo.

Freemit airtins

(in Spaingie) Gobierno Provincial del Carchi Archived 2009-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, offeecial wabsteid
(in Spaingie) !Con el Carchi no se juega!
(in Inglis) "DEJA VU" OF HISTORY: YOU DON'T MESS WITH CARCHI Archived 2012-11-20 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Carchi information". Archived frae the original on 11 Mey 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.

[2] Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

[3] "Páramo El Ángel - eerie land of frailejones". Wondermondo.

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