El Chaco | |
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  El Chaco | |
| Coordinates: 0°20′25″S77°48′32″W / 0.34028°S 77.80889°W | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Province | Napo Province |
| Canton | El Chaco Canton |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Julio Perez Duque |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.29 km2 (0.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census) [1] | |
| • Total | 4,353 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | ECT |
| Climate | Af |
| Website | municipioelchaco.gov. |
El Chaco is a location in the Napo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the El Chaco Canton.
Chaco, officially the Province of Chaco, is one of the 23 provinces in Argentina. Its capital and largest city, is Resistencia. It is located in the north-east of the country.
Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces. The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:
Napo is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Tena. The province contains the Napo River. The province is low developed without much industrial presence. The thick rainforest is home to many natives that remain isolated by preference, descendants of those who fled the Spanish invasion in the Andes, and the Incas years before. In 2000, the province was the sole remaining majority-indigenous province of Ecuador, with 56.3% of the province either claiming indigenous identity or speaking an indigenous language.
The Toba people, also known as the Qom people, are one of the largest indigenous groups in Argentina who historically inhabited the region known today as the Pampas of the Central Chaco. During the 16th century, the Qom inhabited a large part of what is today northern Argentina, in the current provinces of Salta, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Formosa and the province of Gran Chaco in the southeast of the Department of Tarija in Bolivia. Currently, many Toba, due to persecution in their rural ancestral regions, live in the suburbs of San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Salta, Tartagal, Resistencia, Charata, Formosa, Rosario and Santa Fe and in Greater Buenos Aires. Nearly 130,000 people currently identify themselves as Toba or Qom. With more than 120,000 Qom living in Argentina, the Qom community is one of the largest indigenous communities in the country.
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María Inés Patricia Elizabeth Pilatti Vergara is an Argentine politician, currently serving as a National Senator for Chaco Province since 2013. She previously served as a National Deputy from 2009 to 2013, elected in Chaco as well, and as a member of the Chaco Province Chamber of Deputies during two non-consecutive terms from 1997 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2009.
María Lucila Masin is an Argentine politician, currently serving as National Deputy elected in Chaco Province. Masin was first elected in 2015 for the Front for Victory, and currently sits in the Frente de Todos bloc.
Alicia Terada is an Argentine politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Chaco Province. A member of the Civic Coalition ARI, Terada was first elected in 2009, serving a four-year term until 2013. Despite running for re-election in 2013, she only took office in 2014 in replacement of Miguel Ángel Tejedor. She sat in the Juntos por el Cambio parliamentary inter-bloc from 2019 to 2021.
Aldo Adolfo Leiva is an Argentine politician and Falklands War veteran, currently serving as National Deputy elected in Chaco Province. A member of the Justicialist Party, Leiva was elected in 2019, and currently sits in the Frente de Todos parliamentary bloc. He previously served as intendente (mayor) of General José de San Martín, Chaco on two occasions, from 2009 to 2019, and from 2003 to 2008.
Elda Aída Pértile is an Argentine politician. Pértile has been active in politics since the 1980s; as a member of the local Acción Chaqueña party, she was elected intendenta (mayor) of Resistencia, Chaco in 1991, serving until 1995. She was also a member of the Resistencia City Council, and served in the Chamber of Deputies of Chaco during two consecutive terms from 2009 to 2017. From 2017 to 2021, she served as a National Deputy.
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