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Cacha is a town and also a district in
Chimborazo Province Chimborazo () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in the central Ecuadorian Andes. It is a home to a section of Sangay National Park. The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo (volcano), Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's highest mou ...
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Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
. It is home to people of the
Puruhá The Puruhá are an indigenous people of Ecuador. Their traditional area in the highlands of the Andes Mountains includes much of Chimborazo Province and parts of Bolívar Province. History In the early period they grew subsistence crops, rais ...
ethnicity. The rural area is agricultural and is known for its indigenous people and artisanal crafts. Cacha is located at latitude -1.7 / -1° 42' 0.0" and longitude -78.6666667 / -78° 40' 0.0012". A local group, Duchicelas, is active in maintaining the area's musical traditions.Duchicelas
/ref> Cacha was home to
Fernando Daquilema Fernando Daquilema Ruiz (June 5, 1848 in Kera Ayllu - April 8, 1872 in Yaruquíes) was an Ecuadorian indigenous leader, considered a hero for the struggle for the rights of his people. In 1871, he led an unsuccessful indigenous rebellion in Rioba ...
(1845 - 1872), an indigenous rebel leader.


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Populated places in Chimborazo Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub