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Ayapamba Destination Guide

Touring Ayapamba in Ecuador

Ayapamba in the region of El Oro is a city located in Ecuador - some 246 mi or ( 396 km ) South of Quito , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Ayapamba

Time in Ayapamba is now 12:14 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guayaquil " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Zambotambo, Yayurcu, Shatayunta, San Roque, and Riobamba. Being here already, consider visiting Zambotambo . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Ayapamba ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Ecuador Gold Mining

2:01 min by primevoices2
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For centuries the Incas and the Spaniards exploited gold ore in Zaruma and Portovelo, southern Ecuador. With the price climbing back towards record levels of around 1000 dollars an ounce, the old mine ..

Birding Ecuador Part IV; The Southwest

16:18 min by Hummingbirder1
Views: 851 Rating: 5.00

Covers Feb 14-18 when we moves south, from the Manglares-Churute area to Buenaventura NP (staying at Umbrellabird Lodge), then to Jorupe with some Moth Mania-photos inserted and a trip down to Zapotil ..


Galapagos Islands Marc-patty's photos around Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (galapagos island blog)

2:38 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
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Preview of Marc-patty's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these v ..

Cuenco and Villcibamba Martinandheike's photos around Cuenco, Ecuador (cuenco area ecuador)

1:48 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
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Preview of Martinandheike's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about the ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Piñas Canton

Piñas is a canton in the El Oro Province, Ecuador. Its seat is Piñas. It is also known as the "Orchid of The Andes" because of the many orchids grown nearby. The town was named Piñas by Juan de Loayza, in honor of his homeland Piñas in Spain. It is located 1,126 metres above sea-level. \t\t \t\t\tPinas-ElOro-Ecuador. JPG \t\t\t View of Piñas City a beautiful place to visit in El Oro Ecuador \t\t\t \t\t The canton was created on November 8, 1940.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -3.67 -79.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Cantons of El Oro

Cerro de Arcos

The Cerro de Arcos is a windswept rock formation in the high paramo of the Ecuadorian southern sierra. It is situated on the border between the provinces El Oro and Loja, on the elevated plain between the Cordillera de Chilla and the Cordillera de Timbayacu at an altitude of 3700 m (12140f). The rock formation features towers, columns and several of the eponymous arches formed by wind and weather erosion. The formation covers an area of about 300 m by 300 m.

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Located at -3.56 -79.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Mountains of Ecuador, Rock formations

Balsas Canton

For the river in Mexico, see Balsas River. For the city in Brazil, see Balsas (Maranhão) Balsas is a canton in El Oro Province, Ecuador. Its seat is Balsas. It is the location of one of three official border crossings into Peru. The name, Balsas, refers to the balsa wood rafts that travellers used to take over the river to make the crossing, though there is now a bridge spanning the river.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -3.76 -79.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Cantons of El Oro

Balsas, Ecuador

Balsas is a town in the south of the El Oro Province in Ecuador. It is the seat of the Balsas Canton. At the time of census 2001 it had 3,110 inhabitants.

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Located at -3.78 -79.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Populated places in El Oro Province

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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.