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San Jose Destination Guide

Discover San Jose in Ecuador

San Jose in the region of Cotopaxi is a town located in Ecuador - some 59 mi or ( 94 km ) South-West of Quito , the country's capital .

Interactive map of San Jose

Local time in San Jose is now 01:23 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guayaquil " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Riobamba, Quito, Puyo, Progreso, and Pilalo. When in this area, you might want to check out Riobamba . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in San Jose ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Quilotoa

Quilotoa is a water-filled caldera and the most western volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. The 3 kilometres wide caldera was formed by the collapse of this dacite volcano following a catastrophic VEI-6 eruption about 800 years ago, which produced pyroclastic flows and lahars that reached the Pacific Ocean, and spread an airborne deposit of volcanic ash throughout the northern Andes.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -0.86 -78.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Active volcanoes, Cotopaxi Province, Crater lakes, Mountains of Ecuador, Subduction volcanoes, VEI-6 volcanoes, Volcanic calderas, Volcanoes of Ecuador

Chugchilán

Chugchilán is a town in Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. It has a population of 6,350.

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Located at -0.80 -78.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Populated places in Cotopaxi Province