Otavalo

Otavalo is a city in the North of . It has about 50,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the canton of the same name. Otavalo is world-famous for its indigenous population, the Otavalos, many of which are travelling around the world to sell their famous handicrafts or play in Andean Folk music groups.
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  • Type: Town with 32,300 residents
  • Description: city of Imbabura Province, Ecuador
  • Also known as: Otovalo” and “San Luis de Otavalo

Otavalo

Latitude
0.2295° or 0° 13′ 46″ north
Longitude
-78.2621° or 78° 15′ 44″ west
Population
32,300
Elevation
2,532 metres (8,307 feet)
Open location code
67G36PHQ+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249596377
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3653693
Wiki­data ID
Q1020794
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Otavalo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: Otavalo
  • Arabic: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Arabic: اوتابالو
  • Asturian: Otavalo
  • Basque: Otavalo
  • Catalan: Otavalo
  • Catalan: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Cebuano: Otavalo
  • Cebuano: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Otavalo
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Chinese: Otavalo
  • Chinese: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Chinese: 奧塔瓦洛
  • Dutch: Otavalo
  • Dutch: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Egyptian Arabic: اوتابالو
  • Esperanto: Otavalo
  • Esperanto: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Finnish: Otavalo
  • Finnish: San Luis de Otavalo
  • French: Otavalo Ecuador
  • French: Otavalo
  • French: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Galician: Otavalo
  • Galician: San Luis de Otavalo
  • German: Otavalo
  • German: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Irish: Otavalo
  • Irish: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Italian: Otavalo
  • Italian: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Lithuanian: Otavalas
  • Lithuanian: Otavalo
  • Lithuanian: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Persian: Otavalo
  • Persian: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Persian: اوتاوالو
  • Polish: Otavalo
  • Polish: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Portuguese: Otavalo
  • Portuguese: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Quechua: Otavalo
  • Quechua: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Quechua: Utawalu
  • Romanian: Otavalo
  • Romanian: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Russian: Otavalo
  • Russian: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Russian: Отавало
  • Spanish: Otavalo
  • Spanish: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Swedish: Otavalo
  • Swedish: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Ukrainian: Otavalo
  • Ukrainian: San Luis de Otavalo
  • Ukrainian: Отавало
  • Otavalo
  • San Luis de Otavalo

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