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Tosagua canton (39,030 inhabitants in 2010; 37,740 ha) is nicknamed "The
Heart of Manabí". The canton was established on 30 January 1984, separating from
Rocafuerte.
Tosagua was originally known as Tosahuas; in 1530 Pedro de
Alvarado married the widow of his brother in arms, cacique Tosahuas, and named
the village for him. The subsequent colonization of the area led to the near
extinction of the Caras; according to a census made in 1602, there were only 102
natives still living in the area.
The Jesuit father Onofre Esteban
reorganized in 1614 the surviving natives in eight villages and established the
parish of Tosahua, depending on the bishopric of Quito. This was confirmed on 8
December 1628 by the Real Audiencia of Quito. Jesuit missionaries rebuilt the
village in 1638.
The name of the village was changed from Tosahua to Tosagua
around 1700.
The ecclesiastic parish was suppressed in 1789 because of
the limited Christian population; in 1795, however, several Spanish emigrants
settled the place, attracted by the cocoa boom, which would last until the early
20th century.
The parish of Tosagua was established in 1822, depending on
Montecristi canton, to be transferred on 11 July 1827 to Portoviejo and on 30
September 1852 to Rocafuerte.
https://tosagua.wordpress.com/
Canton website
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2018
The flag of Tosagua, designed in 1984 by Consuelo Mendoza de Garzón, is
composed of a white quarter charged with three stars, the red one representing
the urban parish of Tosagua and the two blue ones representing the rural
parishes of Ángel Pedro Giler and San José de Bachillero, a yellow quarter, and
the remaining half horizontally divided into three equal stripes, green, white,
and green.
The white quarter represents the nobleness of the generous
spirit of the inhabitants.
The white stripe represents cotton, which is one
of the emblematic products of the canton.
The yellow quarter represents the
resources provided by the natural environment, jointly with the fecund work of
the inhabitants.
Green represents the surrounding greenness and the fields of
Tosagua.
https://tosagua.wordpress.com/tosagua/simbolos-patrios/
Canton website
Ivan Sache, 15 September 2018
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(defunct), located by Pascal Gross, 23 June 2000