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Riobamba (Spanish pronunciation: [rjoˈβamba], full name San Pedro de Riobamba; Quechua: Rispampa) is the capital of Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador, and is located in the Chambo River Valley of the Andes. [2] It is located 200 km (120 mi) south of Ecuador's capital Quito and situated at an elevation of 2,754 m.
Riobamba; Government • Provincial Prefect: Hermel Tayupanda: Area • Total. 6,110 km 2 (2,360 sq mi) Population
Chimborazo seen from Riobamba in Ecuador. Chimborazo is in the Chimborazo Province of Ecuador, 150 km (93 mi) south-southwest of the city of Quito, Ecuador. It is a neighbor to 5,018 m (16,463 ft) high Carihuairazo, another inactive stratovolcano. Chimborazo's summit rises 2,500 m (8,202 ft) above the surrounding highlands (~3,500 to 4,000 m ...
The reason lies in Chimborazo’s location, which is 1.5 degrees south of the equator. ... this octogenarian is the only one left carrying blocks down-mountain to the nearby city of Riobamba ...
Riobamba Canton is one of ten cantons of the Chimborazo Province in Ecuador. Its population at the 2010 census was 225,741. [2] Its capital is the town of Riobamba.
Chimborazo Airport (ICAO: SERB) is an airport serving the city of Riobamba in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. The Riobamba non-directional beacon (ident: RIO ) is located on the field. [ 3 ]
Ecuador is one of seventeen megadiverse countries in the world according to Conservation International, [23] and it has the most biodiversity per square kilometer of any nation. [109] [110] Ecuador has 1,600 bird species (15% of the world's known bird species) in the continental area and 38 more endemic in the Galápagos. In addition to more ...
Guamote is located on Ecuador Highway 35, between Riobamba and Alausí. Ecuador Highway 46 branches in Guamote to the east and connects it with Macas , crossing Sangay National Park . Climate