Vinces is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

in the

Los Ríos Province Los Ríos () is a province in Ecuador. The province's capital is Babahoyo. The province was founded on October 6, 1860. Under legislative decree. Babahoyo was made its capital on September 30, 1948. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuador ...

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 ...

. It is the seat of the

Vinces Canton Vinces Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Los Ríos Province. Its capital is the town of Vinces. Its population at the 2001 census was 61,565. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Montubio 46.6% *Mesti ...

and is located at the

Vinces River The Vinces River is a river of western Ecuador. See also *List of rivers of Ecuador The rivers of Ecuador are an important part of the nation's geography and economy. Most of the over 2,000 rivers and streamsTerry have headwaters in the Andes m ...

. Vinces, known as "Little Paris", is characterized by its ancient buildings, constructed in wood, that belonged to the rich

cacao plantation ''Theobroma cacao'' (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small ( tall) evergreen tree in the Malvaceae family. Its seedscocoa beansare used to make chocolate liquor, cocoa solids, cocoa butter and chocolate. Although the tree is native to the tropi ...

owners. Vinces is known also as the capital of the competitions of boats to engine outboard in Ecuador.

References

External links

www.vincesnautico.com
Populated places in Los Ríos Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub