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Tumebamba

Tumebamba, Tomebamba, or Tumipampa was a main regional city in the Inca Empire.

The place

Tumebamba, Tomebamba, or Tumipampa was a main regional city in the Inca Empire. Tumebamba was chosen by the Emperor Huayna Capac to be the Inca northern capital. The city was largely destroyed during the Inca Civil War between Huáscar and Atahualpa shortly before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in 1532. The Spanish city of Cuenca, Ecuador was built on the site of Tumebamba although a portion of the Inca city is preserved at the archaeological sites of Pumapunku and Todos Santos.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tumebamba

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar

    Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Banco del Austro is a multi-purpose stadium in Cuenca, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Club Deportivo Cuenca and Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Cuenca.

    1 km · multi-purpose stadium in Cuenca, Ecuador · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    New Cathedral of Cuenca

    The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, commonly referred to as the New Cathedral of Cuenca, is the cathedral church in Cuenca, Ecuador. It is situated in front of Parque Calderon.

    1.4 km · church building in Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    University of Cuenca

    The University of Cuenca is an Ecuadorian university located in Cuenca. University of Cuenca is the principal university of Azuay Province.

    1.5 km · university in Ecuador · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Old Cathedral of Cuenca

    The Sagrario Church - also known as the Old Cathedral of Cuenca is a temple whose construction began in the mid-16th century, and was considered the main Spanish place of worship during the time of Spanish colonization in Cuenca. Today it functions as the Museum of Religious Art, known for its wide variety of altars and the history it offers.

    1.3 km · church in Ecuador · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Politecnica Salesiana University

    The Salesian Polytechnic University in Ecuador is an institution of higher education and Christian inspiration with Catholic character and a Salesian. The university is characterized by its opportunities for youth, especially from the poor sectors.

    2.4 km · university in Ecuador · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Museo Pumapungo

    The Pumapungo Museum is an ethnographic and art museum in Cuenca, Ecuador.

    100 m · ethnographic & Art museum in Cuenca, Ecuador · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Universidad del Azuay

    The University of Azuay is an Ecuadorian university located in the Province of Azuay, its campus are in the city of Cuenca and in the parish of Baños. The university was founded in 1968 as part of the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil in the city of Cuenca under the name of the "Institute of Philosophy and Educational Sciences".

    1.4 km · University in Ecuador · Wikipedia

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Getting to Tumebamba

Airports
José Joaquín de Olmedo (GYE), 129 km · General Ulpiano Paez (SNC), 234 km
Stations
Mariscal Lamar International Airport, 2.3 km
  • Guayaquil → Tumebamba
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  • Salinas/La Libertad → Tumebamba
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  • Quito → Tumebamba
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tumebamba

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tumebamba. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    HuacachinaPE

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,293 km
  2. 02
    Capurganá and SapzurroCO

    8 ways of moving, 28 sources

    1,296 km
  3. 03
    OllantaytamboPE

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,368 km
  4. 04
    Isla de OmetepeNI

    12 ways of moving, 49 sources

    1,762 km
  5. 05
    RurrenabaqueBO

    8 ways of moving, 37 sources

    1,796 km

If you know how people move in Tumebamba – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Tumebamba

Tumebamba is 1 km from Cuenca, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Cuencacity in Ecuador, capital of the Azuay Province1.3 km
  • Turirural parish of Azuay Province, Ecuador2.7 km
  • Llacaoparish in Azuay Province, Ecuador9.8 km
  • Baños, Azuayparish in Azuay Province, Ecuador7.7 km
  • Nultiparish in Azuay Province, Ecuador8.6 km
  • SinincayRural parish in Azuay Province, Ecuador6.4 km