Sevilla de Oro Canton

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Sevilla de Oro was one of the earliest and most important city founded by the Spanish conquistadors in the Amazon basin and lay on the Río Upano, east of the present town of Macas in the Ecuadorian province of Morona Santiago.

Sevilla de Oro was founded in 1575 by José Villanueva de Maldonado on behalf of the Governor of Yaguarzongo, Juan Salinas Loyola. Melchor Vásquez de Ávila, governor of the neighboring province originally Quijos, divided Seville and its surroundings one 's own territory. Already in 1599 the city was destroyed during the Great Revolt of the Shuar, who rebelled against the oppression and exploitation by the Spaniards. It is assumed that escaped survivors from Sevilla de Oro Macas founded.

Sevilla de Oro was located in the area of ​​going back to Salesian missions since the 1920s, today's parish Sevilla Don Bosco of the Canton Morona (whose coordinates are given above).

A place called Sevilla de Oro can be found today in the adjoining Morona Santiago province of Azuay. He is chief town of a canton of the same.

  • Location in Ecuador
  • Macas
Macas (city) Cantons of Ecuador Azuay Province
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