Pindal Canton

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Pindal Canton
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Location of Loja Province in Ecuador.
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Cantons of Loja Province
Coordinates: 4°06′58″S80°06′27″W / 4.1161°S 80.1076°W / -4.1161; -80.1076
CountryFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Province Loja Province
Time zone ECT (UTC-5)

Pindal Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Loja Province. Its capital is the town of Pindal. Its population at the 2001 census was 7,351. [1]

Cantons of Ecuador Ecuador territorial subdivision of a province

The Cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. There are 221 cantons in the country, of which three are not in any province. The cantons are further sub-divided into parishes, which are classified as either urban or rural. Below is a list of cantons by province.

Ecuador Republic in South America

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, which is also the largest city.

Loja Province Province in Ecuador

Loja Province is one of 24 provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west by El Oro Province, on the north by El Azuay, and on the east by Zamora-Chinchipe. Founded on its present site in 1548 by Captain Alonso de Mercadillo (Spanish), the site had been previously moved and rebuilt from La Toma due to earthquakes. It also is named as "Cuxibamba Valley", from the Quichua language, which means the "Smiley Valley".

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References

  1. Cantons of Ecuador at statoids.com