Zumbahua

Zumbahua is a town in Pujilí Canton, Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. At the 2001 census, Zumbahua had a population of 11,895 (5,455 men and 6,440 women) living in 2,352 households.^[1]

Zumbahua
town
Zumbahua
Coordinates: 0.955766°S 78.901749°W / -0.955766; -78.901749
Country	Ecuador
Province	Cotopaxi
Canton	Pujilí Canton
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	11,895

Montañas de Zumbahua.

Zumbahua residents are predominantly Quichua, of the Panzaleo group.^[2]

The town has a colorful Saturday market. Houses in Zumbahua were traditionally chozas, but in recent years these have been replaced by cement and metal block houses.^[2]

References

1. "Canton Pujili" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 14, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
2. Umajinga, p. 249.

Further reading

• Baltazar Umajinga. "Zumbahua". In Identidades indias en el Ecuador contemporáneo (José Almeida Vinueza, coordinator). Editorial Abya Yala (1995), pp. 247–272. ISBN 978-9978-04-164-2.