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Chimborazo Province

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Country
  
Ecuador

Capital
  
Riobamba

Vehicle registration
  
B

Area
  
6,500 km²

Legal establishment
  
June 25, 1826

Time zone
  
ECT (UTC-5)

Website
  
www.chimborazo.gov.ec

Local time
  
Sunday 12:46 AM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 92% Humidity

Colleges and Universities
  
Polytechnic School of Chimborazo, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo

Clubs and Teams
  
C.D. Olmedo, Club Deportivo Mavort

Points of interest
  
Chimborazo, Reserva de Produccion Faunistic, Riobamba, La Nariz del Diablo, El Altar

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Chimborazo ([tʃimboˈɾaso]) is a province in the central Ecuadorian Andes. It is a home to a section of Sangay National Park. The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's highest mountain.

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Map of Chimborazo Province, Ecuador

Cantons

The province is divided into 10 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.

Town's in the province include Cacha.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:

  • Mestizo 58.4%
  • Indigenous 38.0%
  • White 2.2%
  • Afro-Ecuadorian 1.1%
  • Montubio 0.3%
  • Other 0.1%
  • References

    Chimborazo Province Wikipedia