Qualla: La Mana https://qualla.com/la-mana en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: La Mana https://qualla.com/la-mana La Mana: Introduction https://qualla.com/la-mana/ The name is a linguistic fossil. La Mana, some say, comes from Lang Mana Atti, which means mine of the great king, a reference to the gold and other metals the land has always yielded. Others argue it derives from a Tsachila word for beautiful or big, referring to the almost absurd fertility of the western Andean foothills. Both may be true. Long before any Spanish speaker wrote it down, the Tsachila people, also called Los Colorados, lived here. They left clay figures, painted pots, and the residues of metalwork in the earth, evidence that they melted the gold the mountains gave them. The canton that rose on top of their lands carries forward both the mineral wealth and the memory.

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/p/z/d/la-mana-wp/6pzd-la-mana-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full La Mana: The People Who Came First https://qualla.com/la-mana/ The Tsachila, whose name roughly means true people, occupied the foothills where the western Andes step down toward the Pacific. Archaeologists in La Mana have recovered clay vessels, zoomorphic statuettes with deliberate ornaments, and pots that show evidence of high-temperature...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/p/z/d/la-mana-wp/6pzd-la-mana-the-people-who-came-first.mp3 0:06 2 full La Mana: Becoming a Canton https://qualla.com/la-mana/ By the twentieth century, La Mana had grown large enough and distinct enough to want its own political identity. The legislative Committee of Civil and Penal Law sent a bill to create the canton, and on May 19, 1986, under the government of President Leon Febres Cordero, La Mana ...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/p/z/d/la-mana-wp/6pzd-la-mana-becoming-a-canton.mp3 0:06 3 full La Mana: A Man Who Gave His Land Away https://qualla.com/la-mana/ At the center of La Mana stands a monument to Carlos Lozada Quintana. He owned the La Merced Hacienda, a large landholding that once dominated the area. When the town began to organize itself around the amenities a modern community needs, he did something remarkable. He donated h...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/p/z/d/la-mana-wp/6pzd-la-mana-a-man-who-gave-his-land-away.mp3 0:06 4 full La Mana: Forests, Fruits, and Gold https://qualla.com/la-mana/ La Mana sits in the foothills of the western Andean mountain range, on an alluvial plain layered with volcanic ash and sand from unnamed ancient eruptions. The main town rests on an old terrace of the San Pablo River. Climates stack vertically here. Move uphill and you pass throu...

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