Zamora is a city in southeastern Ecuador and the capital of Zamora-Chinchipe Province, at the base of the eastern Andes in the Oriente region. It had a population of about 17,584 at the 2022 census and sits at an elevation of roughly 970 meters, at the meeting point of the Zamora, Bombuscaro and Jamboe rivers. Founded in 1549, the city is nicknamed both the Mining Capital of Ecuador, for recent gold discoveries, and the City of Birds and Waterfalls, for its biodiversity and natural surroundings.
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1. Zamora, Ecuador (Wikipedia)
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Zamora (Spanish pronunciation: [saˈmoɾa]) is a city in southeastern Ecuador; it is the capital of Zamora-Chinchipe province and the seat of Zamora Canton.
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -4.25, -78.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -4.25, -78.75
-4.25 -78.75 Cfb
3. GeoNames: Zamora - GeoNames
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-4.06446 -78.95123 P PPLA EC 20 1901 190150 15276 979 America/Guayaquil
Zamora (Wikipedia)
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