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 On November 12, 1820, Ambato achieved its independence
pronouncement with the capture of the realistic barrack by a
group of armed patriots commanded by Cipriano Delgado. Later
the Spanish troops directed by Melchor Aymerich, President of
the Plaza of Quito, infringe Huachi's defeat to the
hosts patriots.
The realist Crnl. Gonzalez, quartered in Ambato,
makes a campaign of reprisal when the army of Sucre who
initiates the liberating campaign from Guayaquil, is ending
with the Spanish resistance up to culminating with the
battle of Pichincha. For this epoch, Ambato was a corregimiento.
In 1831 it is annexed to the province of Pichincha and in
1851. In 1860 it achieves the category of province. The
respective decree says in the second article: |
