Calvas Canton
Calvas is a canton of the Province of Loja, Ecuador, located in the south of the province, bordering Paltas and Gonzanamá in the north, Quilanga and Espíndola in the east, Peru in the south, and Sozoranga in the west.- Type: canton of Ecuador with 26,000 residents
- Description: canton of Loja province, Ecuador
- Also known as: “Canton Calvas”, “Canton de Calvas”, and “Cantón de Calvas”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cariamanga.
Cariamanga
Town
Cariamanga, officially San Pedro Mártir de Cariamanga… Cariamanga is situated 5 km east of Calvas Canton.
Calvas Canton
- Location: Loja, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-4.3353° or 4° 20′ 7″ south
Longitude
-79.6025° or 79° 36′ 9″ west
Population
26,000
Elevation
1,771 metres (5,810 feet)
Open location code
6772M97X+V2
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Calvas Canton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Calvas kantonamendua”
- Cebuano: “Cantón Calvas”
- Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Cantón Calvas”
- Chinese: “卡爾瓦斯縣”
- Dutch: “Calvas Canton”
- French: “Calvas”
- Georgian: “კალვასის კანტონი”
- German: “Kanton Calvas”
- Italian: “cantone di Calvas”
- Italian: “Cantone di Calvas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Calvas Koān”
- Polish: “Calvas (kanton)”
- Polish: “Calvas”
- Quechua: “Calvas kiti”
- Spanish: “Calvas”
- Spanish: “Cantón Calvas”
- Swedish: “Cantón Calvas”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: San Pedro Mártir and Tablazo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Quebrada Laracapac and Quebrada Artón.
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