Paltas Canton

{{More citations needed|date=September 2022}} {{infobox settlement |name = Paltas Canton |settlement_type = Canton |image_map = Loja in Ecuador.svg |map_caption = Location of Loja Province in Ecuador |image_map1 = Paltas in Loja (Ecuador).svg |map_caption1 = Paltas Canton in Loja Province |subdivision_type1 = Country |subdivision_name1 = {{ECU}} |subdivision_type2 = Province |subdivision_name2 = Loja Province |area_total_km2 = 1156 |population_footnotes = <ref>[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/loja/1109__paltas/ Citypopulation.de] Population and area of Paltas Canton</ref> |population_as_of = 2022 census |population_total = 22841 |population_density_km2 = auto }}

'''Paltas Canton''' is located to the south of Loja city<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paltas Canton, Loja Province, Ecuador |url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-250226.html |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> and is one of the oldest cantons of province of the same name. It was named after the Paltas, a community who used to live over the new city now called Catacocha in Ecuador.

Shiriculapo it is a pick of the mountain which holds the capital, Catacocha. A nice temperature but mostly foggy during night, even though down the valley of Casanga, Macandamine, Yamana, Playas y Naranjo has a temperature that goes over the normal at its capital.

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Category:Cantons of Loja Province