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Loja is widely credited as the first city in Ecuador to have electric lighting.

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Loja

Ecuador

Country
Ecuador
Population
231.0K
Coordinates
-4.00, -79.20
758th most populous city in the world

Loja, formerly Loxa and fully City of the Immaculate Conception of Loja, is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province. It is located in the Cuxibamba valley in the south of the country, sharing borders with the provinces of Zamora-Chinchipe and other cantons of the province of Loja.

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