Guano
Guano is a mountain town of about 9,000 people in Chimborazo Province in Ecuador. The scenic town lies at the foot of the El Altar volcano.
- Type: Town with 12,700 residents
- Description: place in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador
- Also known as: “Guano, Ecuador”, “La Matriz”, “La Matriz kitilli”, and “Wanu kitilli”
Guano
- Categories: human settlement, parroquia urbana of Ecuador, and locality
- Location: Guano, Guano Canton, Chimborazo Province, Andean Highlands, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-1.6078° or 1° 36′ 28″ south
Longitude
-78.6448° or 78° 38′ 41″ west
Population
12,700
Elevation
2,763 metres (9,065 feet)
UN/LOCODE
EC GNO
Open location code
67C399R4+V3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Guano” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Guano”
- Cebuano: “Guano”
- German: “Guano”
- Indonesian: “Guano, Ekuador”
- Italian: “Guano”
- Persian: “گوانو، اکوادور”
- Persian: “گوانو”
- Polish: “Guano”
- Quechua: “Wanu (Chimpurasu)”
- Quechua: “Wanu”
- Swedish: “Guano”
- “Guano”
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