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    Chimborazo (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃimboˈɾaso] ) is an inactive stratovolcano situated in Ecuador in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its...
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  • Chimborazo is a populated place in the parish of Saint Joseph, Barbados. Chimborazo Hill in Chimborazo is one of the highest points in Barbados. List of...
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  • Chimborazo is a volcano in Ecuador. Chimborazo can also refer to: Chimborazo Hospital, American Civil War hospital Chimborazo Province, Ecuador Battle...
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    Chimborazo (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃimboˈɾaso]) is a province in the central Ecuadorian Andes. It is a home to a section of Sangay National Park. The...
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    Chimborazo Park is a park and historic land site in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Created in 1874, the park was the site of Chimborazo Hospital,...
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  • Chimborazo Airport (ICAO: SERB) is an airport serving the city of Riobamba in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. The Riobamba non-directional beacon (ident:...
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    Chimborazo Hospital was a Civil War-era facility built in Richmond, Virginia to service the medical needs of the Confederate Army. It functioned between...
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    estimated half million speakers. The most widely spoken dialects are Chimborazo, Imbabura and Cañar Highland Quechua, with most of the speakers. Kichwa...
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  • The Battle of Chimborazo was among the first confrontations in the War of the two brothers, a struggle between Huáscar and Atahualpa for power over the...
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    is several miles farther from the centre of the Earth. The summit of Chimborazo, Ecuador's tallest mountain, is usually considered to be the farthest...
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    The Ecuadorian hillstar or Chimborazo hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo) is a species of hummingbird. It is native to the Andes of Ecuador and extreme...
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    under the Security Assistance Program and renamed BAE Chimborazo (RA-70). On 2 March 2020, Chimborazo was quarantined for two weeks at Guayaquil South Naval...
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  • Earth's center. Because of the equatorial bulge, the summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Andes is the point on the Earth that is farthest from the center...
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    volcano Chimborazo. At the time, this lay in the "Real Audiencia of Quito" of the Viceroyalty of Peru, and is now in the province of Chimborazo in the...
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    Earth. Due to the equatorial bulge, the summits of Mount Everest and Chimborazo have, respectively, the largest elevation and the largest geocentric distance...
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    Orellana. Administrative city: Tena Region 3 (44,710 km2, or 17,263 mi2): Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Pastaza, and Cotopaxi. Administrative city: Riobamba Region...
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    Tungurahua Quilotoa Cotopaxi Illiniza Antisana Pichincha Reventador Cayambe Chimborazo Cotopaxi (Spanish pronunciation: [kotoˈpaksi]) is an active stratovolcano...
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    Earth's center of mass at its equatorial bulge, the summit of the volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador (6,384.4 km or 3,967.1 mi) is its farthest point out. Parallel...
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    an elevation of about 6,961 m (22,838 ft) above sea level. The peak of Chimborazo in the Ecuadorian Andes is farther from the Earth's center than any other...
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    in the range of 3,650 to 4,650 m (11,980 to 15,260 ft). The summit of Chimborazo in Ecuador is 2,168 m (7,113 ft) farther from Earth's centre (6,384.4 km...
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  • subdivision of Chimborazo Province, Ecuador Guano, Ecuador, a town which is the administrative center of Guano Canton, in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador...
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    154,095 124,166 13 Esmeraldas Esmeraldas 161,868 157,792 14 Riobamba Chimborazo 156,723 193,315 15 Milagro Guayas 133,508 16 Latacunga Cotopaxi 98,355...
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    Quilotoa Cotopaxi Illiniza Antisana Pichincha Reventador Cayambe Chimborazo Chimborazo (6,267 metres (20,561 ft)) inactive volcano, the furthest point...
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    on the eponymous novel by Daniel Kehlmann. Climbing the Chimborazo (Ascenso al volcán Chimborazo) (1989), a film directed by Rainer Simon. Wikimedia Commons...
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  • numerically superior army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. Battle of Chimborazo Spring – Among the first confrontations in the Inca Civil War, with Atahualpa...
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  • rainfall in the area, leading to tonnes of mud sliding down a hillside in Chimborazo Province, where 163 buildings and more than 500 people were affected....
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    The Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District is a national historic district of 434 acres (176 ha) located in Richmond, Virginia. It includes 1,284 contributing...
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  • Nepal in 1953. The point farthest from Earth's centre is the summit of Chimborazo in Ecuador, at 6,384.4 km (3,967.1 mi) from Earth's centre; the peak's...
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    the mummy on-site the day after its initial discovery; 1992 – Ascent of Chimborazo (6,310 m or 20,700 feet); crossing of Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang; 1993 –...
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    Amundsen–Scott Station, Antarctica (EF) Byrd Station, Antarctica (EF) Chimborazo, Ecuador (EF) Concordia Station, Antarctica (EF) Denali, Alaska, United...
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