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The Instituto Nacional Meteorologia e Hidrologia (INAMHI) is the national meteorological agency of Ecuador. [1]INAMHI's functions are: Planning, directing, and overseeing meteorological and hydrological activity in coordination with other agencies.
Ecuador is located on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and has 2,237 km of coastline.It has 2237 km of land boundaries, with Colombia in the north (708 km border) and Peru in the east and south (1,529 km border). 283,561 km 2 (109,484 sq mi) is land and 6,720 km 2 (2,595 sq mi) water.
With a population of approximately 500,000 inhabitants in 2008, it is the fourth-largest city in Ecuador following Guayaquil, Quito, and Cuenca. Its population is growing rapidly as it has a rich trade and the largest livestock market in the country.
This is a list of newspapers in Ecuador.. Ambato. El Heraldo; Babahoyo. Clarín; Bahía de Caráquez. El Globo; Cuenca. El Mercurio; La Tarde; El Tiempo; Galápagos Islands. El Colono; Guayaquil ...
Tungurahua 5,023 metres (16,480 ft) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador, 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of the capital Quito. Nearby notable mountains are Chimborazo (6,263 metres (20,548 ft)) and El Altar (5,319 metres (17,451 ft)).
The National Archives of Ecuador (Spanish: Archivo Nacional del Ecuador) was created on 17 January 1884, under the auspices of President José María Plácido Caamaño. [1] The present organizational structure was created in 1938. The National Archives is located in Quito, with a branch in San Juan de Ambato.
Baños de Agua Santa (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaɲos ðe ˈaɣwa ˈsanta]), commonly referred to as Baños, is a city in eastern Tungurahua Province of Ecuador.Baños is the second most populous city in Tungurahua, after the capital Ambato, and is a major tourist center.
Descent into the Chota Valley by bus, coming from Carchi Province. The upper valley of the Mira River, called the Chota River in its upstream portion, in northern Ecuador, and the small villages in it are usually referred to as 'El Chota', and it runs east–west between the two ranges of the Andes.