Carchi province Ecuador

                                                The province of Carchi is one of the 24 provinces that make up the Republic of Ecuador, located in the center of the country, in the geographical area known as the Interandean region or Sierra, mainly on the knot of the pastures to the northeast, the Hoya de Chota in the south and on the external flanks of the Western Cordillera in the west. Its administrative capital is the city of Tulcán, which is also its largest and most populated metropolis. It occupies a territory of about 3,699 km², being the third province of the smallest country by extension, behind Bolivar and Tungurahua. It limits to the south with Imbabura, the west with Esmeraldas, to the east with Sucumbíos and to the north with the Department of Nariño belonging to Colombia

The trade from the Bridge of Rumichaca, door that unites commercial and tourist to Ecuador and Colombia, the Customs register a strong interchange: freshly assembled cars, agricultural products and clothes, go and come, during the 365 days of the year. In the province the trade is still intense, especially on Thursdays and Sundays, considered fair. As regards agriculture, it is one of the main activities that generates resources for the carchenses inhabitants; Among the products that are best cultivated are: the potato (generate 40% of the national supply of the tuber), beans, peas, maize, wheat, barley, oats, bean; To the Northwest Yucca, banana, banana and tropical fruits.

The main organism for the promotion and development of tourism in Carchi is the provincial tourism department, belonging to the Carchi provincial government, which coordinates with the municipal tourism directorates in the main cities, the planning, promotion and development of tourism in the region. At the border with Colombia there is an office of the Ministry of Tourism that is located on the international Bridge of Rumichaca.

The entrepreneurs who provide catering, catering and entertainment services are Agremian in the provincial chamber of Tourism.

                                        

                                                        The province of Carchi is connected with the rest of the country and with the south of Colombia through the Pan-American Highway, paved road that is in excellent conditions, which through its two branches communicates to its main cities with each other; It also has an acceptable network of neighborhood roads in the center-east of the province. It is also connected with the Amazonian province of Sucumbíos through a second order road. The public passenger transport system is carried out by means of interprovincial bus cooperatives connecting the province to the rest of the country. The urban bus service only exists in Tulcán.

In the city of Tulcán, capital of the province, there is an airport, which connects to the region, through regular flights of tame company, with Quito and Cali, Colombia.
                                                        
                                                    

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