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Cotopaxi Province (Ecuador)

Provincia de Cotopaxi

images by Ivan Sache, 7 September 2018

Overview
Flag
Coat of Arms
Empresa Pública de Movilidad de La Mancomunidad de Cotopaxi (EPMC)

See also:

Cantons:

La Maná
Latacunga (Provincial capital)
Pangua (capital: El Corazón)
Pujili
Salcedo (capital: San Miguel)
Saquisilí
Sigchos

Overview

Cotopaxi is a province in central Ecuador in Sierra region. Capital is Latacunga.
Željko Heimer, 15 July 1996

Cotopaxi is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province contains the Cotopaxi Volcano, an intermittent volcano with a height of 19,388 feet. The province is divided into 7 cantons.
Jens Pattke, 3 October 2008

Flag

Red over blue is the correct flag.
Jaume Ollé , 8 September 1996

Flag and Coat of Arms could be seen at www.explored.com.ec.
Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001

The flag of Cotopaxi province, adopted in July 1972, is composed of two equal stripes, the upper, red, and the lower, blue. In the center is placed the province's coat of arms.
http://www.cotopaxi.gob.ec/index.php/2015-09-20-00-13-36/simbolos/item/33-bandera-de-la-provincia-de-cotopaxi
Province website
Ivan Sache, 7 September 2018

Coat of Arms

image from www.explored.com.ec, located by Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001

The coat of arms of Cotopaxi province, adopted on 19 July 1954, was designed by Leonardo Tejada Zambrano, an artist from Latacunga. The shield is surmounted by volcano Cotopaxi, superimposed with a scroll inscribed with the province's name and year of creation of the coat of arms. In the center of the quartered shield is placed a sun, designed with pre-Hispanic features, with the text "os encargo este territorio", a Spanish translation of Huayna Cápac's "llactata cunani". From the sun emerge four stripes argent representing the four main compass directions. The upper quarter shows on a field gules (red) seven towers representing the seven cantons composing the province. The upper right quarter shows on a field azure a tree and three white fesses wavy, which represent the resources of the province: forest, water, mines and other. The lower left quarter shows on a field azure a garb of wheat, representing agriculture. The upper right quarter shows on a field gules a bull, representing cattle-breeding. The shield is surrounded by lambrequins and a golden cartouche with a complex border.

http://www.cotopaxi.gob.ec/index.php/2015-09-20-00-13-36/simbolos/item/34-escudo-de-la-provincia-de-cotopaxi
Province website
Ivan Sache, 7 September 2018

Empresa Pública de Movilidad de La Mancomunidad de Cotopaxi (EPMC)

image by Ivan Sache, 28 December 2020

Empresa Pública de Movilidad de La Mancomunidad de Cotopaxi (EPMC) was established on 8 April 2015 by the municipalities of Pujilí, Sigchos, Saquisilí, La Maná, Pangua and Salcedo, all parts of the Cotopaxi province, for the management of traffic, terrestrial transport and road safety.

http://epmc.gob.ec/
Official website

The flag of EPMC is white with a red border and the company's emblem, which features volcano Cotopaxi and the flag of the component municipalities.

Photos
https://lahora.com.ec/cotopaxi/noticia/1102129427/comunidades-de-salcedo-piden-transporte
https://www.facebook.com/109619743719632/
https://www.facebook.com/Movilidad-Cotopaxi-Epmc-109619743719632/photos/359958135352457
https://www.facebook.com/Movilidad-Cotopaxi-Epmc-109619743719632/photos/109621110386162
https://twitter.com/Epmc2017/status/972158629485907968
https://twitter.com/epmc2017/status/1001854729683701760
Ivan Sache, 28 December 2020