Palanda Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province. Its capital is the town of . Its population at the 2001 census was 7,066.Cantons of Ecuador at statoids.com
History This canton has a long history, from the earliest known humans occupation to one of the latest inca battle, just before the colonial time.
Parishes The canton is administratively divided into 4 parishes Vergel Palanda El Porvenir Valladolid
Archaeology The site of Santa Ana (La Florida) is located just to the north of Palanda.area map This is an important archaeological site going back as early as 3,500 BC.
The work in this area was started in 2002 by a team of French and Ecuadoran archaeologists.
References
natureandculture.org
Bibliography Human settlements already existed in the Amazon Basin (Ecuador) 4000 years ago. 12-May-2004 eurekalert.org Valdez, Francisco. “Inter-zonal relationships in Ecuador”, en Handbook of South American Archaeology, Helaine Silverman y William Isbell eds., Springer, pp. 865–891, 2008 Valdez, Francisco; Jean Gufroy; Geoffroy de Saulieu; Julio Hurtado; Alexandra Yépez (2005), Découverte d’un site cérémoniel formatif sur le versant oriental des Andes Proyecto Zamora Chinchipe