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Cariamanga
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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.
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- Locality
- Parroquia Cariamanga
- Region
- Loja
- Country
- Ecuador
- Population
- 16,862
- Timezone
- America/Guayaquil
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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
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jorge Montero Rodríguez
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 29 April 1546
- Settlement.founder
- Gonzalo Pizarro
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.32
via Wikipedia infobox
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
- Official website
- gobiernocalvas.gob.ec/wp
- Image
- CariamangaSunset.jpg
- Dialing code
- 593 7
- Patron saint
- Peter of Verona
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Ecology and wildlife
- Demographics
- Economy
- Culture and landmarks
- Transport
- Climate
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cariamanga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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