Zaruma
Zaruma is a city in the Coastal Lowlands of Ecuador. It is developing as a well-known destination for ecotourism. Being in the southern reaches of Ecuador, the climate is much drier than many other transitional places in the country.
- Type: Town with 12,500 residents
- Description: city in Ecuador
- Also known as: “San Antonio de Zaruma” and “Villa del Cerro de Oro de San Antonio de Zaruma”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Stadium de Portovelo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portovelo Canton.
Zaruma
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Zaruma Canton, El Oro, Coastal Lowlands, Ecuador, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-3.693° or 3° 41′ 35″ south
Longitude
-79.6104° or 79° 36′ 38″ west
Population
12,500
Elevation
1,056 metres (3,465 feet)
Open location code
6782894Q+RR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Zaruma” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Zaruma”
- Catalan: “Zaruma”
- Cebuano: “Zaruma”
- Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Zaruma”
- Dutch: “Zaruma”
- Esperanto: “Zaruma”
- French: “Zaruma”
- Galician: “Zaruma”
- German: “Zaruma”
- Italian: “Zaruma”
- Japanese: “サルマ”
- Lithuanian: “Saruma”
- Persian: “زاروما”
- Polish: “Zaruma”
- Portuguese: “Zaruma”
- Quechua: “Saruma”
- Spanish: “Zaruma”
- Swedish: “Zaruma”
- Tatar: “Зарума каласы”
- Urdu: “زاروما”
- Waray (Philippines): “Zaruma”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Aguas Calientes and Curipamba.
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Worth a closer look: Guayaquil and Machala.
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