Los RÃos Province
Los Ríos ( German: The Rivers ) is a province of the Republic of Ecuador. It is located in the coastal lowland of Ecuador and is characterized by a water-rich network of rivers that originate on the western slopes of the Andes and the source and tributaries of the Guayas are. Los Ríos has an area of 6250 km ² around 750,000 inhabitants. Its capital is Babahoyo.
Location and geography
Los Ríos is located in the coastal region in the west of Ecuador, in the north-south direction at the center of the country. It is bordered to the south and west by the province of Guayas, on the north by the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and on the east by the provinces of Cotopaxi and Bolivar.
The province is located in the coastal lowlands, that is the biggest part of Los Ríos is located at low height. Especially in the northeast of the province, there are mountain or hill ranges of up to 500 meters high, the foothills of the Andes.
The climate is tropical, with an annual average temperature of 23 ° C and low seasonal fluctuations. From about June to December, the climate is dry and cool ( summer), from December to June rainy and hot (winter). Most of the province is wet savannah. It is located in Tropical Rainforest in Los Ríos.
The distinct flow system that has given the province its name, its territory has already made before colonization at a trading post. Due to the abundance of water and the variety of its rivers Los Rios is one of the most fertile provinces of Tropical Agriculture. The main river is the Babahoyo, which is being built near the capital city of the same name as the confluence of the Caracol and the San Pablo. In its further course towards the Pacific coast of Babahoyo takes the water of numerous other rivers (among Vinces, Zapotal and Yaguachi ) before it joins at Guayaquil with the Daule to Guayas, which flows 50 km downstream in the Gulf of Guayaquil.
Besides Babahoyo Quevedo, Vince and San Jacinto de Buena Fe are the largest cities in the province. Quevedo is the most populous city of the province; it has a very high population of Chinese immigrants and is a commercial center and transportation hub between the Andean highlands and coast.
Economy and infrastructure
In Los Ríos, agriculture is the most important economic sector. The province is the most important producer of cocoa in Ecuador and the second most important of coffee. In addition, among other things, bananas, palm oil and passion fruit are grown.
Also, the timber industry, which brings the tropical deforestation with it is operated. The main industrial sectors are the paper production, furniture construction and agricultural industries.
In addition, make crafts ( basketry and Others ) and all kinds of low-paid services, the raison d'être of many people.
History
The territory of the province was a focus of the Chorrera culture, which dates to about 1500 to 500 BC. The culture was named after the first significant locality of their artifacts, the Hacienda Chorrera, named. Traces of the Valdivia culture found.
At the time of colonization by the Spaniards, the area of strains of Baba and the Babahoyos was inhabited, which are among the Huancavilca.
The modern province gained its independence in 1822 final, Babahoyo and Baba made since the law on territorial organization of Greater Colombia of 1824 cantons of the province of Guayaquil ( Guayas Province today ).
On October 6, 1860, the new province was established under President Gabriel García Moreno, whose capital was today's Babahoyo which was then called bodegas. A few years later burned the composed mainly of wood and cane houses Babahoyo and was founded in 1869 on the opposite, left side of the river Babahoyo new.
Policy
Prefect of the province is Jorge marun from the Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano. He resigned from his party in early 2006, but entered her again in August when. Previously, he had been traded as a presidential candidate for the 2006 elections. Los Ríos is one of the strongholds of the PRE. However, the mayor of the capital Babahoyo, Johnny Terán, belongs to the Social Christian party PSC.
The post of governor appointed by the president has held since September 2007 Camilo Salinas.
Cantons
The Los Ríos province is currently divided into thirteen cantons. These are ( in chronological order of their institution):
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Azuay | Bolivar | Cañar | Carchi | Cotopaxi | Chimborazo | El Oro | Esmeraldas | Galapagos | Guayas | Imbabura | Loja | Los Ríos | Manabí | Morona Santiago | Napo | Orellana | Pastaza | Pichincha | Santa Elena | Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas | Sucumbios | Tungurahua | Zamora Chinchipe
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