Valladolid Parish is located in
Palanda Canton
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.
History
This canton has a long history, from the earliest known humans occupation to one o ...
in
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
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This parish sits on the ruins of the old Spanish colonial city of Valladolid, founded in 1557, which later became the capital of the Yaguarzongo government . The old Valladolid suffered an uprising in 1576 that led to the destruction of the city. In 1932 new settlers began to migrate to the ruins and began re populating. Valladolid was elevated to the category of rural parish of Palanda in 1963.
On September 1st of 1982, an Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou
crashed near the parish. All 44 people on board were killed
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Parishes of Ecuador
Geography of Zamora-Chinchipe Province
Populated places established in 1557