national park
Cajas National Park
A hauntingly beautiful highland park near Cuenca with over 200 glacial lakes, páramo grasslands, and quinoa trees at 4,000 meters.
42 km · about 50 min drive
South AmericaEcuadorCanar
La Troncal
Canar, Ecuador · South America
About La Troncal
La Troncal sits on the route: 20 minutes from Manuel J. Calle, 42km from Cajas National Park.
La Troncal is in Canar, Ecuador, with about 36,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Manuel J. Calle, about 10 km away.
La Troncal, officially San Pablo de La Troncal is a town and largest city by population in the Cañar Province, Ecuador and the seat of La Troncal Canton.
The region that would become this significant town, was sparsely populated by farmers until the 1950s.
The population began to grow in the 1950s, when migrants fromRead more
Azuay, and the Cañar provinces began to settle in the area in search of new and better job opportunities.
Around the 1990s thanks to the growth of the sugar mill Aztra, migrants from Manabi also began to move in, by which the population was gradually growing in size and importance.
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What is there to see near La Troncal?
Within an hour or so of La Troncal: Cajas National Park (42 km), Ingapirca (53 km), Mirador Nariz del Diablo (55 km).
Where is La Troncal?
La Troncal is in Canar, Ecuador, about 10 km from Manuel J. Calle.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 36,353
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Ecuador
- Region
- Canar
- Timezone
- America/Guayaquil
- Coordinates
- -2.4247, -79.3416
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Worth the detour from La Troncal
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Ingapirca
Ecuador's most important Inca archaeological site featuring the Temple of the Sun, a perfectly fitted stone structure built without mortar.
53 km · about 60 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Mirador Nariz del Diablo
A viewpoint at Pistishi over the Devil's Nose, the near-vertical rock face the Guayaquil-Quito railway descends by a zig-zag of switchbacks cut into the cliff in 1902.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near La Troncal
- 55 kmMirador Nariz del DiabloA viewpoint at Pistishi over the Devil's Nose, the near-vertical rock face the Guayaquil-Quito railway descends by a zig-zag of switchbacks cut into the cliff in 1902.
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Year-round
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