Catacocha
Encyclopedia
Catacocha is a town
in the Loja Province
of Ecuador
. It is the seat of the Paltas Canton
.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Loja Province
Loja Province
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 the site had been previously moved and rebuilt from La...
of Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. It is the seat of the Paltas Canton
Paltas Canton
Paltas is located to the south of Loja city and is one of the oldest cantons of province of the same name. It was named after the Paltas, community who used to live over the new city now called Catacocha in Ecuador....
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