Sibambe
Sibambe is a small town in the Chimborazo province of Ecuador. It is located near the base of the "Devil's Nose" promontory and the end point for tourist trains from Riobamba and Alausi that negotiate the switchbacks of the Devil's Nose.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Sibambe and Devil’s Nose.
Devil’s Nose
Photo: Cultrevolutionertraveler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ferrocarriles del Ecuador Empresa Pública is the national railway of Ecuador. The railway system was devised to connect the Pacific coast with the Andean highlands. Devil’s Nose is situated 2½ km southeast of Sibambe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alausi.
Alausi
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Alausi is a village in the Andean Highlands of Ecuador. It is the closest station to the train ride Naríz del Diablo. Although most of the tourism in Alausí is centered on the Devil's Nose Train, the town, although small, is quite charming and worth a look.
Sibambe
- Type: Village
- Description: place in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador
- Categories: human settlement, parish of Ecuador, and locality
- Location: Sibambe, Alausí Canton, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-2.22534° or 2° 13′ 31″ southLongitude
-78.89078° or 78° 53′ 27″ westElevation
2,454 metres (8,051 feet)Open location code
6793Q4F5+VMOpenStreetMap ID
node 249599920OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sibambe”. Photo: Sapfan, Public domain.