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Ambato

American  
[ahm-bah-taw] / ɑmˈbɑ tɔ /

noun

  1. a city in central Ecuador, about 8,500 feet (2,590 meters) above sea level.


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The bus left the road between the central towns of Guaranda and Ambato on Sunday, when the initial death toll was given as 12.

From Barron's

Her family had never dreamed of leaving their home in Ambato, a city in the highlands of Ecuador.

From Los Angeles Times

"The only information we've had is from the guards who managed to get out. They're the only ones who have told us that our relatives are OK," he tells me from outside the Ambato prison, where he's spent hours waiting for news.

From BBC

Having grown up in Tottenham and on an organic farm in Ecuador’s Ambato, rapper and youth worker Guala also found it hard to find peers with his complex heritage.

From The Guardian

Ambato, Cuenca, Santo Domingo de los Colorados and some other cities in Ecuador face a similarly difficult situation, said Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos.

From Washington Times