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Key facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Legal establishment
- November 19, 1880
- Capital
- Tulcán
- Prefect
- Julio Robles (MSCC)
- Vice prefect
- Verónica García
- Governor
- Lucía Pozo
- Total
- 3,776 km (1,458 sq mi)
- Density
- 45.77/km (118.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( ECT )
- Vehicle registration
- C
- Hdi 2017
- 0.727 , high · 12th
- Website
- www .carchi .gov .ec
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Ecuador
- Official name
- Provincia de Carchi
- Demonym
- carchense
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Ecuador
- Contains
- San Pedro de Huaca Canton
- Capital
- Tulcán
- Official language
- Awa Pit
- Population
- 76595
- Area
- 3783.19
- Elevation
- 3790
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Shares border with
- Nariño Department
- Official website
- carchi.gob.ec
- Dialing code
- 06
- Licence plate code
- C
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- Commons category
- Carchi Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Carchi Province
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Carchi Province
- inception
- 1880-11-19
- office held by head of government
- prefect
- postal code
- EC04
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
Carchi ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾtʃi]) is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Tulcán. The Carchi River rises on the slopes of Chiles volcano and forms the boundary between Colombia and Ecuador near Tulcan. Rumichaca Bridge is the most important land route between Colombia and Ecuador.
Economy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carchi Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.