Gualaquiza
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Gualaquiza is a town
in the Morona Santiago province
of Ecuador
. It is the seat of the Gualaquiza 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 Morona Santiago province
Provinces of Ecuador
Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces . The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:1 Population as per the census carried out on 2001-11-25In addition, there are three areas within Ecuador that are non-delimited...
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 Gualaquiza Canton
Gualaquiza Canton
Gualaquiza Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Morona-Santiago Province. Its capital is the town of Gualaquiza. Its population at the 2001 census was 15,288....
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Sources
- World-Gazetteer.com
- http://www.volunteeringecuador.info/morona-santiago/gualaquiza.html