Place:Loja, Sierra, Ecuador

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NameLoja
Alt namesLojasource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates4.167°S 79.5°W
Located inSierra, Ecuador
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Alamor
Cariamanga
Catacocha
Catamayo
Celica
Gonzanama
Loja ( 1553 - )
Macará
San Lucas
Saraguro
Zapotillo
Unknown
Amaluza
Chaguarpampa
Chuquiribamba
Guachanamá
Malacatos
Manú
Nambacola
Olmedo
Quilanga
San Pedro
Urdaneta
Vilcabamba
Zozoranga
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Loja Province is one of 24 provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west with El Oro Province, on the north with El Azuay, and on the east with Zamora-Chinchipe. Founded on its present site in 1548 by Captain Alonso de Mercadillo (Spanish), the site had been previously moved and rebuilt from La Toma due to earthquakes. It also is named as "Cuxibamba Valley", from the Quichua language, which means the "Smiley Valley".

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