Chimbo
Chimbo is a town in, and the seat of Chimbo Canton, Bolívar Province in Ecuador. The closest cities to Chimbo are Guaranda and San Miguel. Chimbo was once known as Benalcazar because the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar stayed there for several days before departing to Quito to fight the colonizers.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of 2,682 metres (8,799 feet)
- …is also known as “San Jose De Chimbo”
- Description: place in Bolívar Province, Ecuador
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santiago de Bolivar and San Miguel.
San Miguel
Town
San Miguel is a town in the Bolívar Province, Ecuador. San Miguel is situated 6 km southwest of Chimbo.
Chimbo
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Latitude
-1.6633° or 1° 39′ 48″ south
Longitude
-79.0194° or 79° 1′ 10″ west
Open location code
67C28XPJ+M6
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Chimbo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Chimbo”
- Catalan: “Chimbo”
- Dutch: “Chimbo”
- French: “Chimbo”
- Galician: “Chimbo”
- German: “Chimbo”
- German: “San José de Chimbo”
- Italian: “Chimbo”
- Polish: “Chimbo”
- Portuguese: “Chimbo”
- Quechua: “Chimbo”
- Quechua: “Chimpu llaqta”
- Spanish: “Chimbo”
- Spanish: “San Jose de Chimbo”
- Spanish: “San José de Chimbo”
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