Tulcán

0.81160555555556 - 77.718502777778Koordinaten: 0 ° 49 'N, 77 ° 43 ' W

Tulcán is the capital and largest city of the Ecuadorian province of Carchi, the city has an estimated 82,000 inhabitants ( 47 359 according to the last census in 2001). The location of 2960 m above sea level in the Andes gives Tulcán throughout the year an unusual Ecuador coolness.

Their importance is the city especially by the close proximity to the Colombian border, where their opposite the Colombian city Ipiales. Tulcán is located on the Panamerican Highway that crosses the border here. The biggest attraction Tulcáns applies the cemetery with its artfully trimmed bushes and hedges, a work that was begun in 1936 by José Franco from the village of El Ángel nahegelegenem and is continued today by his sons.