BolÃvar Province (Ecuador)
The Bolívar Province is a province of the Republic of Ecuador. It lies on the Western Cordillera of the Andes and has an area of 3,250 km ², approximately 175,000 inhabitants. Its capital is Guaranda. The name of the province is that of liberation fighter Simón Bolívar.
Location and geography
The Bolívar province lies in the western part of Central Ecuador on the western slope of the Andes. It is bordered on the north by the province of Cotopaxi, Tungurahua and Chimborazo to the east, south to Chimborazo and Guayas and Los Ríos in the west.
The terrain of the province of Bolívar, which is one of the smallest, is characterized by an uneven landscape with altitudes 300-3000 m. The height level generally increases from the eastern coastal plain, beginning at the border with the province of Los Ríos in the Andean Western Cordillera (around the Chimborazo ).
Most of the province is dominated by the running in a north-south direction Chimbo Valley, which lies between the main Andean Western Cordillera (around the Chimborazo, which is partly located in the province ) and a Seitenkordillere. The western part of the province falls from the Seitenkordillere ago from quite steep, which passes on the border with the province of Los Ríos in the coastal plain.
The highest mountain is the province's Chuquinac with 4,011 m.
The climate is temperate in the eastern, higher part moist - cool mountain climate in the more sloping western part and very humid. The average temperature of the province is given as 13.5 ° C.
Policy
Prefect of the province is Carlos Chaves De Mora of the Christian Democratic Democracia Popular - Unión Cristiana Demócrata (DP - UDC). The mayor of the capital Guaranda, Alberto Coles, is a member of the Social Democratic party Izquierda Democrática.
From the President used Provincial Governor Edison Jácome is. He replaced María Dioselina Pazmiño that was / 08 chosen for the Ecuadorian government PAÍS party in the Constituent Assembly in 2007.
History
Historically, the area in which the province is called the region of Chimbos that were closely related to the Puruhá. 1534 founded Sebastián de Belalcázar the Corregimento ( Bailiwick ) Chimbo.
After independence (1820 ) arose from the Koregiment with the law on the territorial order of Greater Colombia in 1824, the Canton Guaranda the province of Chimborazo. This status remained even after splitting Ecuador from Gran Colombia ( 1830) exist. 1860 Canton Guaranda was incorporated together with the recently created canton Chimbo from the province of Chimborazo from and into the new province of Los Ríos. 1884 Finally, a new province was established, which received its name as a tribute to Simón Bolívar. Your cantons were initially Guaranda, Chimbo and San Miguel.
Economy and infrastructure
The main economic activities in the province are agriculture (including maize, beans, bananas, oranges, cocoa, coffee, potatoes and vegetables), which is mainly operated in small family farms, and livestock. The processing plants in the province are mainly agro- industrial by nature: In the canton Caluma there is a lemon squeezer, in Salinas cheese is produced. Balzapamba is known for its pottery and oranges processing, San José de Chimbo for his luthier.
The province has a university in Guaranda.
Cantons
The Bolívar province is currently divided into seven cantons. These are ( in order of establishment ):