Cariamanga
Sign in to saveCariamanga, officially San Pedro Mártir de Cariamanga is a town in southern Ecuador and the seat of Calvas Canton in Loja Province. The urban parish occupies a compact plateau beneath the twin-peaked Cerro Ahuaca and serves as a commercial hub between Loja and the Peru border at Macará.
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Place details
- Locality
- Parroquia Cariamanga
- Region
- Loja
- Country
- Ecuador
- Population
- 16,862
- Timezone
- America/Guayaquil
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cariamanga
- Settlement.official_name
- San Pedro Mártir de Cariamanga
- Settlement.other_name
- Cariamanga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Calvas.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ecuador
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Loja
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Canton
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Calvas
- Settlement.leader_title
Key dates
- Inception
- 29 April 1546
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- San Pedro Mártir de Cariamanga
- Demonym
- cariamanguense
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Calvas Canton
- Population
- +13175
- Area
- +4.75
- Elevation
- +1950
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Capital of
- Calvas Canton
- Founded by
- Gonzalo Pizarro
Article
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- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Ecology and wildlife
- Demographics
- Economy
- Culture and landmarks
- Transport
- Climate
- Notable people
- See also
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Cariamanga, officially San Pedro Mártir de Cariamanga is a town in southern Ecuador and the seat of Calvas Canton in Loja Province. The urban parish occupies a compact plateau beneath the twin-peaked Cerro Ahuaca and serves as a commercial hub between Loja and the Peru border at Macará.
== Etymology == Local historiography records the colonial style San Pedro Mártir de Cariamanga. Municipal tradition also attributes the toponym Cariamanga to Quichua curi (gold) and manga (pot), a folk etymology not universally accepted by linguists.