Zamora, Ecuador

Coordinates: 04°04′09″S 78°57′24″W / 4.06917°S 78.95667°W / -4.06917; -78.95667
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For other uses of the term, see Zamora (disambiguation).
Zamora
City
Zamora de los Alcaides
From top, left to right: Panoramic view of the city, monument to Naya or La Chapetona, downtown, Linear Park of Zamora and Bombuscaro river.
From top, left to right: Panoramic view of the city, monument to Naya or La Chapetona, downtown, Linear Park of Zamora and Bombuscaro river.
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Websitewww.zamora.gob.ec (in Spanish)

Zamora (Spanish pronunciation:

Zamora-Chinchipe province and the seat of Zamora Canton. Zamora is the principal and most populous city in Zamora-Chinchipe. It is located in the Oriente region ath base of the eastern portion of the Andes mountains in Ecuador, at 970 m above sea level, at the convergence of the Zamora, Bombuscaro and Jamboé
rivers.

Zamora, which has experienced a boom in growth in since the recent discovery of gold in the surrounding region, is known as the "Mining Capital of Ecuador'", and as the "City of Birds and Waterfalls'", referring to the presence of various species of birds and several waterfalls on the streams that surround the city.

The city stretches from west to east towards Cumbaratza. It is connected by several bus and coach trips to other cantons and provinces.

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Zamora
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Zamora.


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