El Pan - Azuay - Ecuador

El Pan is a canton in the province of Azuay, Ecuador. In the 2001 census, it had 3,075 inhabitants. Its date of creation is August 10, 1992. It is located northeast of the city of Cuenca (Ecuador) at 60 kilometers, the cantonal center has an altitude of 2250 meters above sea level.

Tourist Places of the Pan Canton

El Pan, a canton of charms dressed in beautiful landscapes with natural attractions that fall in love with those who visit us, there are rivers such as Martirio; the Bells; the Trenzas; the White Jet; the Boliche, the Bermejo with the infiernillo among others more that are affluents of the Collay River, all of them apt for the sport fishing; It has natural mirrors that delight to be visited as the White and Black Lagoons of the Peña Blanca, the lagoons of the Collay in which stands out the People Scrub or White Jet. To visit some of these places one and two days are required.

Among the orographic wealth that counts the canton and that can be visited by tourists are, the Peña Blanca, the hills Cari and Guarmi collay, the Peña de Turi old Canarí Fortress today constituted in a tourist lookout, and the Rock of Ñuñurco. There are other attractive places, such as San Marcos, for ecological tourism and sport fishing, Huintul and Cuypamba small valley cozy for its pleasant climate.

In its architecture, in the parish of San Vicente and its communities, there are chapels, and houses of mixed construction between rammed earth and bareque, in the cantonal head there is also that type of houses some have been restored, as the most important point is the Templo San José, that according to historical data contained in the book History, Tradition and Legends of the canton El Pan, it is understood that its construction begins before 1879 and ends after 1942, its altar is carved in wood that maintains its natural color.

Turi: Ancient Temple of Adoration of the Cañaris, where part of the roots of our identity is born, the foundation of El Pan written in memory and history, nests some of the legends of our land, there is something to be discovered and rebuild. Today there is a religious monument (Cruz) that more than symbolize our religious beliefs, keeps a brotherhood of the northeastern cantons of Azuay and Morana Santiago, highlighting a historical commemorative event for the 500 Years of Evangelization to the American Continent and 100 years of Salesian Labor , this place is our tourist emblem for its beauty, for what it represents and because it gives a spectacular look to almost the whole of our canton, a large part of the Sevilla de Oro canton and part of the cantons Guachapala and Paute, the place is located 3,700 msnm.

Collay: Collay, which means Golden Water, is another of the most important places due to its auriferous wealth, as the history of El Pan indicates, since the Cañaris came to this place like the Spaniards, the latter were stationed in Monterillas, now known as La Merced , who came in search of the coveted metal (gold).

After the gold boom, when in the area of ​​Loja is exhausted another of the riches of our country as was the husk, is the exploitation of this natural good in the mountain range of El Pan, so families of Gualaceo were besieged in a charming place like Tocte loma today San Vicente, the Cascarilla was required by Europeans to cure the diseases of malaria prevailing in Europe.