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Ibarra
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ibarra (Ecuador), Ibarra, Ecuador, San Miguel de Ibarra
city in Ecuador, capital of the Imbabura Province
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Key facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Province
- Imbabura
- Canton
- Ibarra Canton
- Founded
- 28 September 1606
- Re founded
- 28 April 1872
- Founded by
- Cristóbal de Troya y Pinque
- Named after
- San Miguel de Ibarra
- Parishes
- Urban Parishes Alpachaca Caranqui La Dolorosa del Priorato El Sagrario San Francisco
- Mayor
- Álvaro Castillo
- Vice mayor
- Raiza Zamora
- City
- 41.26 km (15.93 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 2,225 m (7,300 ft)
- Density
- 3,828/km (9,914/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( ECT )
- Postal code
- EC100150
- Area code
- (+593) 6
- Climate
- Csb
- Website
- www .ibarra .gob .ec (in Spanish)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- San Miguel de Ibarra
- Demonym
- ibarreño/a
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Ibarra Canton
- Population
- 157941
- Area
- 41.68
- Elevation
- 2225
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Capital of
- Ibarra Canton
- Official website
- www.ibarra.gob.ec
- Image
- Collage Ibarra.png
- Dialing code
- 593 6
- Patron saint
- Sacred Heart
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- twinned administrative body
- Écija
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- Ibarra (Ecuador)
- Commons category
- Ibarra (Ecuador)
- inception
- 1606-09-28
- office held by head of government
- mayor
- postal code
- EC100150
- topic's main category
- Category:Ibarra (Ecuador)
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ibarra, Ecuador
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Travel guide
Understand
Ibarra has preserved much of its colonial architecture in its city center and its plazas are clean and picturesque. It is a good place for those going to Otavalo's markets to stay it, if you want to get away from the tourists yet still be a short bus ride from the market.
The city has a long and colorful history. Between 1510 and 1520 the Inca rebelled against the Spanish conquistadors. The Battle of Yahuarcocha took place near Ibarra. The town was officially founded in 1606. During Ecuador's War of Independence in the 19th century, Simon Bolivar led the attack in the Battle of Ibarra, which lasted more than a week. In 1868, earthquakes hit the town in the middle of the night, destroying most of the town and causing more than 13,000 deaths. The town was rebuilt, giving Ibarra the grounds for claiming to be the "youngest city in Ecuador".
Get in
It is 2.5 hours north of Quito on the Panamerican highway, and about 30 minutes by bus from Otavalo.
Ibarra has a modern bus station, although some buses that pass through the town don't go there. The bus from Quito costs $3 and takes 2.5 hr. To Tulcán costs $3.5 and takes 2.5 hr.
Get around
A taxi within the city costs $1.
See
Downtown, relax at one of the two town squares, Parque Pedro Moncayo or Parque La Merced, fronting historic buildings and churches. Also you could see pre-Columbian archaeological items, colonial art, and historical exhibits or other displays depending on the curators' decisions at the Central Bank Museum about 2 blocks south of Parque Pedro Moncayo on Antonio Jose de Sucre.
Go next
Laguna Cuicocha Tulcán for those heading to Ipiales, Colombia
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ibarra ( Spanish pronunciation: [iˈβara]; full name San Miguel de Ibarra; Quechua: Impapura) is a city in northern Ecuador and the capital of the Imbabura Province. It lies at the foot of the Imbabura Volcano and on the left bank of the Tahuando river. It is located about 114 kilometres (71 mi) northeast of Ecuador's capital Quito.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ibarra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.