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![Hierarchy of Cañar (province)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Cañar (province) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 02 30 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -2.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 079 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -79.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was part of of north Incan Empire; contains many Incan ruins, most notably Castillo Incaico de Ingapirca; largest known deposit of coal in nation is located at Biblián; Pan-American Highway runs through province north to south. |
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Cañar (preferred,C,V)
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Provincia del Cañar (C,V,O)
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Cañar province (C,O,display)
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Cañar, Provincia del (C,V)
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Canar (C,V,English-P)
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קנאר (C,U,Hebrew )
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EC04 (C,U,FIPS)
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Provincia de Cañar (C,U,Spanish)
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Cañar (province) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Sierra (region (geographic)) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Cañar (province)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Cañar (province) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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province (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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inhabited place (C) |
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