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Chimborazo

Chimborazo is an inactive stratovolcano in the Andes of central Ecuador, rising to 6,263 metres. Because of the Earth's equatorial bulge, its summit is the point on the surface farthest from the planet's centre. Alexander von Humboldt's attempt to climb it in 1802 made it famous in Europe, and it gives its name to the surrounding province, the homeland of the Puruhá people and their Kichwa-speaking descendants.

Chimborazo
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