RESUMENDE CHIMBORAZO

Chimborazo is one of the 24 provinces that make up the

Republic of Ecuador, located in the south-central part of the
country, in the geographical area known as the inter-Andean
region or Sierra, mainly on the Chambo basin in the northeast
and the Chimbo and Chanchán basins in the southwest. Its
administrative capital is the city of Riobamba, which is also
its largest and most populated city. It occupies a territory of
about 5999 km², being the sixteenth province of the country
by extension. It limits to the north with Tungurahua, to the
south with Cañar, to the west with Bolívar, to the southwest
with Guayas and to the east with Morona Santiago. It is one
of the most important administrative, economic, financial and
commercial centers of Ecuador. The first recorded settlements
date from 5 thousand years old near the Punín sector. The
Spanish colonization occurred on August 15, 1534 with the
foundation of Santiago de Quito; During that period, the
maximum and precursor entity of the province would be the
Corregimiento de Riobamba. After the independence war and
the annexation of Ecuador to Greater Colombia, the Province
of Chimborazo was created on June 25, 1824, making it one
of the first 7 provinces of Ecuador.