Ambuquí is a rural parish in northern

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

in the

Imbabura Province Imbabura () is a province located in the Andes of northern Ecuador. The capital is Ibarra. The people of the province speak Spanish, and a large portion of the population also speaks the Imbaburan Kichwa variety of the Quechua language. The s ...

. It is located in the

Chota Valley The upper valley of the Mira River, called the Chota River in its upstream portion, in northern Ecuador, and the small villages in it are usually referred to as 'El Chota', and it runs east–west between the two ranges of the Andes. It lies in ...

29 km away from Ibarra. The parish is also considered one of the major producers of the reddish yellow variety of the

Spondias purpurea ''Spondias purpura'' is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from Mexico to Brazil. It is also very common in most of the Caribbean islands. It is commonly known as ...

in the country. This fruit is called "hobo" in Spanish but it is spelled "ovo" locally, probably to distinguish it from the Central American

hobo A hobo is a migrant worker in the United States. Hoboes, tramps and bums are generally regarded as related, but distinct: a hobo travels and is willing to work; a tramp travels, but avoids work if possible; and a bum neither travels nor works. E ...

(spelled like that in the Antilles and, "jobo" in the rest of Spanish speaking countries) which is yellow. En Ambuquí, Ibarra, preparan la festividad en honor al hobo (In Ambuquí, Ibarra, they prepare the party in honor to hobo)
El Comercio, 2 March 2015 The Real Academia Española defines "ovo" as an egg-shaped architectural ornament, though.

References

External links

Tour Ibarra profile
Populated places in Imbabura Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub