Tungurahua Province

Tungurahua
Tungurahua
	Province
	Province o Tungurahua
	Landscape near Baños
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	Tungurahua Province in Ecuador
	Cantons o Tungurahua Province
	Coordinates: 1°14′S 78°37′W / 1.233°S 78.617°W
Kintra	Ecuador
Caipital	Ambato
Cantons	Leet o cantons Ambato; Baños de Agua Santa; Cevallos; Mocha; Patate; Quero; San Pedro de Pelileo; Santiago de Pillaro; Tisaleo;
Govrenment
• Provincial Prefect	Fernando Naranjo (Unidad Intercultural)
Area
• Total	3371 km2 (1,302 sq mi)
Elevation	2600 m (8,500 ft)
Highest elevation	5016 m (16,457 ft)
Lowest elevation	900 m (3,000 ft)
Population (2011)INEC decadal national census
• Total	581,389
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)

Tungurahua (Spaingie: Provincia del Tungurahua, literally Province o the Tungurahua) is ane o the twinty-fower provinces o Ecuador. Its caipital is Ambato. The province taks its name frae the Tungurahua volcano, which is locatit athin the boondaries o the provinces.

Population

As o 2011, Tungurahua haed an estimatit population o 581,389.^[1] Approximately 10% o that population is made up o indigenous fowks, while anither 70% are o mestizo or mixed race heritage. The feenal 20% is made up o fowks o African, Asie, an European ancestry.

Climate

The province haes a dry, temperate climate. Lik aw muntainous auries, the region experiences the phenomenon kent as microclimates in which sma portions o the province receive drastically different conditions frae ithers due tae winds an aurie pressur. Generally tho, Tungurahua experiences temperaturs in-atween 14 an 17 degree Celsius in the day-time wi ceuler nichts. At heicher altitudes, conditions are obviously much caulder. Despite bein near the Equator, muntains lik Carihuayrazo an Chimborazo are covered in snaw for hintle o the year.^[2]

Geografie

The province is vera muntainous, containin the Tungurahua volcano near Baños as well as borderin the Carihuayrazo an Chimborazo volcanoes tae the sooth. Baños is the biggest tourist destination. The principal river o the province is the Patate River which flows tae the east toward the Amazon Region.^[1]

Poleetical diveesion

The province is dividit intae nine cantons which stretch frae Ambato in the wast tae Baños in the east. 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.^[3]

Canton	Pop. (2011)	Aurie (km²)	Seat/Caipital
Ambato	387,282	1,009	Ambato (San Juan de Ambato)
Baños	19,112	1,065	Baños (Baños de Agua Santa)
Cevallos	8,873	19	Cevallos
Mocha	8,371	86	Mocha
Patate	16,771	315	Patate
Pelileo	58,988	202	Pelileo (San Pedro de Pelileo)
Píllaro	44,925	443	Píllaro (Santiago de Píllaro)
Quero	23,187	173	Quero (Santiago de Quero)
Tisaleo	14,525	59	Tisaleo

Places o interest

Parque de la Familia
Llanganates Naitional Pairk

See an aw

References

↑ ^a ^b Population of the Honorable Consejo Provincial de Tungurahua Archived 2009-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. 21 July 2009.
↑ Territory of the Honorable Consejo Provincial de Tungurahua Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. 21 July 2009.
↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

[tungurahua.gov.ec-1] Population of the Honorable Consejo Provincial de Tungurahua Archived 2009-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. 21 July 2009.

[2] Territory of the Honorable Consejo Provincial de Tungurahua Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine. 21 July 2009.

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

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