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Meaning of riobamba



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

riobamba
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It is the name of a city and a canton in Ecuador. It is the Capital of the Province of Chimborazo.

  



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RIOBAMBA city of Ecuador founded on August 15, 1534 by the Spanish conqueror Diego de Almagro, on the ancient city of Liribamba, millenary capital of the Puruhaes Indians. There are actually two foundations of Riobamba, as a second one is recorded, baptized by Captain Antonio de Rivera and they are Ruy Díaz de Fuenmayor, as Santiago de Quito, in 1575. Today, the Riobamba canton is an Ecuadorian subnational territorial entity, of the Province of Chimborazo. The city of Riobamba is its capital and where most of the inhabitants of the canton live.

  










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