Palenque city Ecuador

                                                Palenque is a very old population that was already an indigenous settlement when the Spaniards began the conquest, which is why the father Juan de Velasco the slogan on his map of the Kingdom of Quito.

When the first colonial political division was carried out, by royal decree signed by Felipe II in Guadalajara on August 29, 1563, the district of Guayaquil already contemplated the tenure of Baba and Palenque as an annex.

In 1762 it was elevated to the party category of the Government of Guayaquil, but unfortunately, despite its strategic geographical situation did not achieve an important commercial development. The Law of Territorial Division of Colombia of June 25, 1824 the slogan as rural parish of the canton Baba of the province of Guayas.

In 1845, when the canton was created Vinces became part of it, and in 1860, when the province of the rivers was created, it went on to integrate that new jurisdiction. Finally, in the last few months of 1990, the plenary of the commissions

                                        

                                                        17 km from Vinces city.
                                                        
                                                    

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