Paltas Canton

Paltas Canton is located to the south of city and is one of the oldest cantons of province of the same name. It was named after the Paltas, a community who used to live over the new city now called Catacocha in .
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  • Type: canton of Ecuador with 22,800 residents
  • Description: canton of Loja province, Ecuador
  • Also known as: Paltas

Paltas Canton

Latitude
-4.0281° or 4° 1′ 41″ south
Longitude
-79.7431° or 79° 44′ 35″ west
Population
22,800
Elevation
916 metres (3,005 feet)
Open location code
6772X7C4+QP
Geo­Names ID
3653515
Wiki­data ID
Q1990006
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Paltas Canton” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Paltas
  • Cebuano: Cantón Paltas
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Paltas
  • Chinese: Paltas Koān
  • Chinese: 帕爾塔斯縣
  • Dutch: Paltas Canton
  • French: Paltas
  • Galician: Paltas
  • Georgian: პალტასი
  • German: Kanton Paltas
  • Italian: cantone di Paltas
  • Italian: Cantone di Paltas
  • Min Nan Chinese: Paltas Koān
  • Polish: Paltas (kanton)
  • Polish: Paltas
  • Portuguese: Paltas
  • Quechua: Paltas kiti
  • Spanish: Cantón Paltas
  • Spanish: Paltas
  • Swedish: Cantón Paltas

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