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Cañar is a province in Ecuador. The caipital is Azogues. At the time o census 2005 the province haed a population o 221,045. [1] It contains the 16t-century ruins o Ingapirca, the best-kent Inca settlement in Ecuador an a product o their conquest o the indigenous Cañari.
Cañar | |
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Province o Cañar | |
![]() Ingapirca | |
![]() Cañar Province in Ecuador | |
![]() Cantons o Cañar Province | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Caipital | Azogues |
Govrenment | |
• Provincial Prefect | Diego Ormaza (MPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 3146 km2 (1,215 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 223,563 |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
• Population 2001 | 212050 |
Time zone | ECT |
Website | www.hcpcanar.gov.ec |
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 |
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Azogues | 64,910 | 613 | Azogues |
Biblián | 20,727 | 227 | Biblián |
Cañar | 58,185 | 1,804 | Cañar |
Déleg | 6,221 | 78 | Déleg |
El Tambo | 8,251 | 65 | El Tambo |
Suscal | 4,419 | 31 | Suscal |
La Troncal | 10,000 | 328 | La Troncal |
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