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Imbabura Province, Ecuador
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About Ibarra

Ibarra is a town in northern Ecuador and the capital of the Imbabura Province. It lies at the foot of the Imbabura Volcano and on the left financial institution of the Tahuando river. it's far about 70 kilometres northeast of Ecuador's capital Quito. Ibarra turned into founded in 1606 via order of the President of the Royal target audience of Quito, Miguel de Ibarra. The improvement of the city included the systematic construction of public buildings inclusive of an crucial variety of churches however an earthquake in 1868 destroyed most of them.

After the devastating earthquake of August sixteen 1868 the town changed into re-settled in 1872. based on its latest date of foundation, Ibarra is the youngest metropolis in Ecuador. The Inca ruler Atahualpa is stated to had been born within the Inca settlement of Inca-Caranqui approximately 2 km from the metropolis. Helados de paila became first made in Ibarra at some point of Incan times, the usage of snow or ice from the nearby Imbabura Volcano. the usage of a massive bronze pan surrounded by using ice shavings, the juices of numerous end result are stirred into the pan to freeze.

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