Chinchipe Canton (Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador)

Cantón Chinchipe

Last modified: 2021-08-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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image by Jens Pattke and Falko Schmidt, 8 July 2007

• Overview
• Flag
• Coat of Arms

see also:

• Ecuador
• Zamora-Chinchipe Province
• Clickable Map of Zamora-Chinchipe

Overview

Chinchipe canton (10,200 ha) is located in the extreme south of Zamora Chinchipe province.
The canton was established by Executive Decree No. 96, issued on 15 December 1920 and published on 5 January 1921 in the Ecuadorian official gazette, No. 96.

http://gadchinchipe.gob.ec/
Canton website
Ivan Sache, 19 September 2018

Flag

The provincial flag was created in 1955.
The colors were taken from the provincial coat of arms.
Yellow represents the sun and the gold resources in soil and rivers, which have been exploited by miners since the Inca period.
Green represents the flora and fauna, as well as agriculture and cattle-breeding as a source of income.

http://gadchinchipe.gob.ec/simbolos-patrios/
Canton website
Ivan Sache, 19 September 2018

Coat of Arms

image from <www.ame.gov.ec>