Tumbes

The Tumbes River, is a river in South America. The river's sources are located between Ecuadorian and provinces. It is the border between El Oro and Loja, and afterwards the border between Loja and the Tumbes Region in .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Peru and Ecuador
  • Also known as: “Pujangas”, “Puyango”, “Puyango River”, “Puyanku”, “Puyanku mayu”, “Rio Paango”, “Río Puyango”, “Río Puyano”, “Río Tombes”, “Rio Tumbez”, “Rivero Tumbeso”, “Tumbes mayu”, “Tumbes River”, “Tumbes-Rivero”, “Túmbez”, “Tumbez River”, “Tunpis mayu”, and “Пуянго”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tumbes and Puerto Pizarro.

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is a city in northwestern , on the banks of the River.

Town
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is a resort located thirteen miles from the city of . is situated 8 km east of Tumbes.

Tumbes

Latitude
-3.51205° or 3° 30′ 43″ south
Longitude
-80.4649° or 80° 27′ 54″ west
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
668XFGQP+52
Geo­Names ID
3691144
Wiki­data ID
Q3236437
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Tumbes” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Tumbes”
  • Catalan: “riu Tumbes”
  • Cebuano: “Río Túmbez”
  • Chinese: “通貝斯河”
  • Chinese: “通贝斯河”
  • Croatian: “Tumbes (rijeka)”
  • Croatian: “Tumbes”
  • Dutch: “Tumbes River”
  • Dutch: “Tumbes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تومبيس”
  • Esperanto: “Tumbes”
  • Esperanto: “Tumbeso”
  • Esperanto: “Tumpiurbo”
  • Finnish: “Tumbes”
  • German: “Río Tumbes”
  • Hungarian: “Tumbes”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Tumbes”
  • Italian: “Tumbes”
  • Japanese: “トゥンベス川”
  • Latin: “Tumbes”
  • Lithuanian: “Tumbesas”
  • Portuguese: “Tumbes”
  • Quechua: “Tumpis mayu”
  • Quechua: “Tunpis”
  • Russian: “Тумбес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tumbes (rijeka)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tumbes”
  • Slovenian: “Tumbes”
  • Spanish: “Río Tumbes”
  • Spanish: “Tumbes”
  • Swedish: “Rio Tumbes”
  • Uzbek: “Tumbes daryosi”
  • Welsh: “Afon Tumbes”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gavilán and Ramada.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary and Isla Las Palmas.

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