Chimborazo
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Chimborazo can refer to:
- Chimborazo (volcano)Chimborazo (volcano)Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 AD....
, Ecuador - Chimborazo Hospital, American Civil War hospital
- Chimborazo ProvinceChimborazo ProvinceChimborazo is a province in Ecuador, located in the central Ecuadorian Andes, containing a section of Sangay National Park. The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo , Ecuador's highest mountain.- Cantons :...
, Ecuador - Battle of ChimborazoBattle of ChimborazoThe Battle of Chimborazo was among the first confrontations in the War of the two brothers, a struggle between Huáscar and Atahualpa for power over the Inca Empire. Atahualpa won, having the more capable generals; he drove Huáscar back onto the defensive....
, c. 1531, during civil war in Incan Empire - Chimborazo (Barbados), high point of Saint Joseph, Barbados