زاروما

Also known as San Antonio de Zaruma, Villa del Cerro de Oro de San Antonio de Zaruma

Zaruma, officially Villa Real de San Antonio del Cerro de Oro de Zaruma is a town in the south of Ecuador, El Oro Province. It is located in the south-east of this province, at an altitude of 1200 metres above sea level, on an inter-Andes route where the Vizcaya mountain range branches off from the Chilla mountain range. It is the seat of Zaruma Canton, one of the oldest cantons in the province.

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Place details

Locality: Zaruma
Region: El Oro
Country: Ecuador
Population: 12,505
Timezone: America/Guayaquil

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name: Zaruma
Settlement.official_name: Villa Real De San Antonio del Cerro de Oro de Zaruma
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.total_type: Town
Settlement.nickname: Sultana de El Oro
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera_zaruma_2.jpg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Zaruma in Ecuador
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Canton
Settlement.subdivision_name: Ecuador
Settlement.subdivision_name1: El Oro Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Zaruma Canton
Settlement.parts_type: Urban parishes
Settlement.parts_style: coll
Settlement.government_type: Mayor and council
Settlement.leader_title: Governing body
Settlement.leader_title1: Mayor

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Official name: Zaruma
Country: Ecuador
Located in: Zaruma Canton
Population: 10005
Area: 2.71
Elevation: 1200
Time zone: UTC−05:00
Official website: www.zaruma.gob.ec
Image: SANTUARIO DE LA VÍRGEN DEL CARMEN, UN ÍCONO RELIGIOSO Y TURÍSTICO DE ZARUMA (28359028119).jpg
Dialing code: 00593