Ibarra Canton (Imbabura, Ecuador)

San Miguel de Ibarra

Last modified: 2009-02-28 by dov gutterman
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  image by Falko Schmidt, 13 December 2001

• Overview
• Coat of Arms

see also:

• Ecuador
• Imbabura Province

Overview

Ibarra is the capital of Imbabura Province (Ecuador). Flag at <www.municipiodeibarra.org> . CoA at the same page. Information from this page as follows:
"On the 25th of June of 1951 through Official Decree of the Illustrious Municipality of San Miguel of Ibarra, were declared officially as symbols of the canton. These symbols had already been used and recognized as Symbols of the County of Ibarra since 1607, at the first celebration of the foundation of the City."
Dov Gutterman, 1 December 2001

Official muncipial name: San Miguel de Ibarra.
Jens Pattke, 13 December 2001

According to Encyclopaedia Universalis Yearbook, Ibarra is the capital city of the department of Imbabura (4,569 squ. km; 316,793 inhabitants), located in the region of Sierra.
Ivan Sache, 13 December 2001

Coat of Arms

image from http://www.municipiodeibarra.org/spanish/ciudad.htm