Macará is a city in the
Loja Province
Loja Province () is one of 24 Provinces of Ecuador, 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 Province, Zamora-Chinchipe. Founded on i ...
of
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 the seat of the
Macará Canton and is located on the border between Ecuador and
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
.
The population as of the 2001
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
was 11,483.
It is served by
José María Velasco Ibarra Airport
José María Velasco Ibarra Airport () is an airport serving Macará, a city in the Loja Province of Ecuador. Macará is on Ecuador's border with Peru.
The airport is named for José María Velasco Ibarra, a former president of Ecuador.
The ai ...
.
Climate
See also
*
List of cities in Ecuador
This is a list of cities in Ecuador.
List By population
Alphabetical
* Ambato
* Arajuno
* Archidona
* Atacames
* Atuntaqui
* Azogues
* Babahoyo
* Baeza
* Bahía de Caráquez
* Balao
* Balsas
* Balzar
* Baños de Agua Santa
* Bu ...
References
Populated places in Loja Province
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