Riobamba Canton
Riobamba Canton is one of ten cantons of the Chimborazo Province in Ecuador. Its population at the 2010 census was 225,741. Its capital is the town of Riobamba.
Photo: Alfredobi, Public domain.- Type: canton of Ecuador with 261,000 residents
- Description: canton of Chimborazo province, Ecuador
- Also known as: “Canton Riobamba” and “Rispampa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riobamba.
Riobamba Canton
Latitude
-1.7189° or 1° 43′ 8″ south
Longitude
-78.6666° or 78° 39′ 60″ west
Population
261,000
Elevation
2,734 metres (8,970 feet)
Open location code
67C378JM+C9
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Riobamba Canton” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كانتون ريوبامبا”
- Catalan: “Riobamba”
- Cebuano: “Cantón Riobamba”
- Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Cantón Riobamba”
- Chinese: “里奧班巴縣”
- Chinese: “里奧萬瓦縣”
- Dutch: “Kanton Riobamba”
- French: “Riobamba”
- Galician: “Riobamba”
- Georgian: “რიობამბის კანტონი”
- German: “Kanton Riobamba”
- Italian: “cantone di Riobamba”
- Italian: “Cantone di Riobamba”
- Japanese: “リオバンバ郡”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Riobamba Koān”
- Polish: “Riobamba (kanton)”
- Polish: “Riobamba”
- Portuguese: “Riobamba”
- Quechua: “Rispampa kiti”
- Russian: “Риобамба”
- Spanish: “Cantón Riobamba”
- Spanish: “Riobamba”
- Swedish: “Cantón Riobamba”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hacienda Guaslán Bajo and Hacienda Güiguán.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Posilig and Laguna Callejata.
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