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Arcos Destination Guide

Touring Arcos in Ecuador

Arcos in the region of Loja is a city located in Ecuador - some 239 mi or ( 384 km ) South of Quito , the country's capital city .

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Time in Arcos is now 12:01 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: Shatayunta, Shaquir, Rusiococha, Riobamba, and Quito. Being here already, consider visiting Shatayunta . 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 Arcos ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Ecuador Vilcabamba - fountain of youth

0:55 min by BandittEs
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The residents of Vilcabamba, a small town in what has been dubbed ''the valley of longevity'' in southern Ecuador has found the formula for living more than 100 years. The spot has long drawn scientis ..

Birding Ecuador Part IV; The Southwest

16:18 min by Hummingbirder1
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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 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -3.56 -79.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Mountains of Ecuador, Rock formations

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.

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Located at -3.67 -79.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Cantons of El Oro

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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.