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Loja, Ecuador
Loja (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlo.xa]), formerly Loxa and fully City of the Immaculate Conception of Loja (Spanish: Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja), is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province. It is located in the Cuxibamba valley in the south of the country, sharing borders with the provinces of Zamora-Chinchipe and other cantons of the province of Loja. Loja holds a rich tradition in the arts, and for this reason is known as the Music and Cultural Capital of Ecuador. The city is home to two major universities.
The city has a population of about 203,000, and is situated 2060 m (6758 ft) above sea level. It has a mild Andean climate, ranging between 16 and 30 °C.
The Pan-American Highway runs past Loja.
Loja was definitively founded on 8 December 1548 by the Spanish captain Alonso de Mercadillo in the Cuxibamba valley, after an earlier mid-1540s site near La Toma in the Catamayo canyon proved unhealthy. Contemporary and official accounts explain that the relocation followed severe seismic damage and malaria outbreaks, and that the town took its name from Mercadillo’s birthplace, Loja in Spain.
About a century after its establishment the town was destroyed by an earthquake and then rebuilt on its present site. During the colonial period it stood on the royal road between Quito and Cuzco, serving as an administrative hub for the southern highlands and lying near the historic gold-mining district of Zaruma.
From the late 16th century, expeditions toward the eastern Andean slopes and the Amazon Basin were organized from Loja—most notably those associated with Juan de Salinas Loyola—which linked the southern Andes with Mainas and other frontier settlements.
Loja is widely credited as the first city in Ecuador to have electric lighting. A small hydroelectric plant began operating in 1897, and the Loja Hydroelectric Plant was formally inaugurated in 1899 as the country’s first commercial hydro facility.
Simón Bolívar visited Loja during the 1822 campaigns associated with the consolidation of Gran Colombia. Local commemorations and press accounts record his stay that year.
Loja, Ecuador
Loja (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlo.xa]), formerly Loxa and fully City of the Immaculate Conception of Loja (Spanish: Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja), is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province. It is located in the Cuxibamba valley in the south of the country, sharing borders with the provinces of Zamora-Chinchipe and other cantons of the province of Loja. Loja holds a rich tradition in the arts, and for this reason is known as the Music and Cultural Capital of Ecuador. The city is home to two major universities.
The city has a population of about 203,000, and is situated 2060 m (6758 ft) above sea level. It has a mild Andean climate, ranging between 16 and 30 °C.
The Pan-American Highway runs past Loja.
Loja was definitively founded on 8 December 1548 by the Spanish captain Alonso de Mercadillo in the Cuxibamba valley, after an earlier mid-1540s site near La Toma in the Catamayo canyon proved unhealthy. Contemporary and official accounts explain that the relocation followed severe seismic damage and malaria outbreaks, and that the town took its name from Mercadillo’s birthplace, Loja in Spain.
About a century after its establishment the town was destroyed by an earthquake and then rebuilt on its present site. During the colonial period it stood on the royal road between Quito and Cuzco, serving as an administrative hub for the southern highlands and lying near the historic gold-mining district of Zaruma.
From the late 16th century, expeditions toward the eastern Andean slopes and the Amazon Basin were organized from Loja—most notably those associated with Juan de Salinas Loyola—which linked the southern Andes with Mainas and other frontier settlements.
Loja is widely credited as the first city in Ecuador to have electric lighting. A small hydroelectric plant began operating in 1897, and the Loja Hydroelectric Plant was formally inaugurated in 1899 as the country’s first commercial hydro facility.
Simón Bolívar visited Loja during the 1822 campaigns associated with the consolidation of Gran Colombia. Local commemorations and press accounts record his stay that year.
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