Ambuquí is a rural parish in northern Ecuador in the Imbabura Province. It is located in the Chota Valley 29 km away from Ibarra.

Ambuquí
Rural parish
Ambuquí
Ambuquí is located in Ecuador
Ambuquí
Ambuquí
Coordinates: 0°27′00.7″N 78°00′27.3″W / 0.450194°N 78.007583°W / 0.450194; -78.007583
CountryEcuador
ProvinceImbabura
CantonIbarra Canton
Time zoneUTC-5 (ECT)
ClimateBSh

The parish is also considered one of the major producers of the reddish yellow variety of the Spondias purpurea 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 (spelled like that in the Antilles and, "jobo" in the rest of Spanish speaking countries) which is yellow. [1]

The Real Academia Española defines "ovo" as an egg-shaped architectural ornament, though.

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