Traditionally dressed woman at market in the small village of Gualaceo near Cuenca Ecuador
Traditionally dressed woman at produce market in the village of Gualaceo near Cuenca Ecuador. Gualaceo (gwə lə sé ō) It’s also called "El Jardin Del Azuay" (The Garden of Azuay) due to its favored climate, privileged nature, environment of peace and hospitality of its inhabitants. Gualaceo is a canton (territorial subdivision) in the south-central region of Ecuador. It belongs to Azuay Province, Ecuador. Its population is inhabitants according to the official website The origin of its name is debatable some historians affirm that the name comes from the Chibcha word “gualaca” meaning macaw’s settlement while others state that it was named after a mythological Cañari Indian named Gualaco or Gualaca, but both coincide in its meaning “macaw’s settlement”. Its history goes back to the etymology of its name "GUALACEO", a cañari word modified from the Chibcha word Gualaca meaning “macaw’s settlement”, it was a Cañari settlement for long time, belonging to the Kingdom of Quito until it was conquered by the Incas. In the year of 1531 - 1532, the Inca Empire of Tahuantinsuyo arrives to its end, with the death of the last monarch Atahualpa, in the hands of the conquerors that came from the old world, Sebastián de Benalcázar with its presence marks the start of the Spanish colonization. With the arrival of the Spaniards begins the phase of the colony. The conquerors get to all the corners of the Kingdom of Quito, and Sebastián of Banalcázar assisted by the caciques (overlords) Llivicura (Gualaceo) and Duma (Sigsig) and other cañaris, they explored the valley of the Tomebamba and they rose for the slopes of Dotaxí, Cristo Rey and they arrived to Gualaceo, marvelous place by their landscapes and rivers that hallucinated for the shine of gold. This happened in the month of April of 1534, in which Benalcázar raises with their troop the first camp of mining settlement at the edges of the wider river, which is named Santa Barbara, Benalcá
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Location: Gualaceo (near Cuenca), Azuay province, Ecuador- South America
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