The canton of Loja is located in the southeast of the Province of Loja

Loja Province

Loja Province is one of 24 provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west by El Oro Province, on the north by El Azuay, and on the east by Zamora-Chinchipe. Founded on its present site in 1548 by Captain Alonso de Mercadillo the site had been previously moved and rebuilt from La...

 bordering the Podocarpus National Park

Podocarpus National Park

Podocarpus National Park is a national park located in the provinces of Zamora Chinchipe and Loja, in the south-east of Ecuador. It was created in 1982....

 and the Province of Zamora-Chinchipe

Zamora-Chinchipe Province

Zamora Chinchipe is a Province of the Republicof Ecuador, located at the southeastern end of the Amazon Basin, which shares borders with the Ecuadorian provinces of Azuay and Morona Santiago to the north, Loja and Azuay to the west, and with Peru to the east and south...

 in the east, Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

 in the south, and the cantons of Saraguro, Catamayo, Gonzanama, and Quilanga in the north and west. The principal city is Loja

Loja, Ecuador

Loja is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province. It is located in the Cuxibamba valley in the south of the country, sharing borders with the provinces of Zamora-Chinchipe and El Oro, and with Peru in the south...

 which is also the provincial capital. It is also home to Vilcabamba

Vilcabamba, Ecuador

Vilcabamba is a village in the southern region of Ecuador, in the Loja province, about from the city of Loja. The etymology of the “Vilcabamba” apparently derives from the Quichua “huilco pamba.” Huilco denotes the sacred trees, Anadenanthera colubrina, that inhabit the region and pamba is a...

, the "Valley of Longevity."

Sights include:

• City of Loja
  Loja, Ecuador
  Loja is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province. It is located in the Cuxibamba valley in the south of the country, sharing borders with the provinces of Zamora-Chinchipe and El Oro, and with Peru in the south...
  
  
• National Shrine of Our Lady of El Cisne
  El Cisne
  El Cisne is a city in the southern region of Ecuador, in the Loja province, about from the city of Loja.The city is known for the much venerated Marian National Shrine of Our Lady of El Cisne....
  
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• Reynaldo Espinoza Botanical Gardens (one of the world's highest-altitude botanical gardens, at 2100m)
• The Incan ruins of de Ciudadela, Quinara, Taranza, and Llano Grande.

Traditional celebrations include:

• Border Integration Fair, September 8
• Province Day, September 18
• Independence of Loja, November 18
• Founding of Loja, December 8