Hacienda Yanayacu
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Provincia de Pichincha - Ecuador

Ciudad Mitad del Mundo

The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Spanish: Middle of the World City) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, north of the center of Quito. The grounds contain the Museo Etnográfico Mitad del Mundo, a museum about the indigenous ethnography of Ecuador.

Located at -0.00194444, -78.4558 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.421 miles away.
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Monuments and memorials in Ecuador, Quito Canton

Battle of Pichincha

The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 3,500 meters above sea-level, right next to the city of Quito, in modern Ecuador. The encounter, fought in the context of the Spanish American wars of independence, pitted a Patriot army under General Antonio José de Sucre against a Royalist army commanded by Field Marshal Melchor Aymerich.

Located at 0.171111, -78.5981 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.430 miles away.
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History of Ecuador, Battles of the Spanish American wars of independence, May observances, Conflicts in 1822, 1822 in Ecuador

Plaza de toros de Quito

Plaza de toros de Quito is a bull ring in Quito, Ecuador. It is currently used for bull fighting. The stadium holds 15,000 people and was built in 1960.

Located at -0.163258, -78.484 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.422 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1960, Bullrings in Ecuador

Academia Cotopaxi

Academia Cotopaxi (Academia Cotopaxi American International School) is a co-educational non-profit school in Quito, Ecuador, created in 1959 by a group of American mothers. Alice Conger was the first director of the school. This school maintains a majority of international students, who are the children of the diplomatic missions to Ecuador and children of employees major international corporations, as well as local students.

Located at -0.15973, -78.4611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.421 miles away.
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Schools in Ecuador, Private schools in Ecuador, International schools in Ecuador, International Baccalaureate schools in Ecuador

Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve

Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua (Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve) is a protected area around Pululuhua Volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It is 17 km north of Quito, in the northwestern part of the Pomasqui Valley.

Located at 0.0380556, -78.4631 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.421 miles away.
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Quito Canton, Nature reserves in Ecuador

Chaupicruz

Chaupicruz is an electoral parish (Spanish: parroquia electorale urban) or district of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes.

Located at -0.160254, -78.5036 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.424 miles away.
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Parishes of Quito Canton

San Antonio de Pichincha

San Antonio de Pichincha, or simply San Antonio, also but less frequently known by its older name San Antonio de Lulumpamba, is a rural parish of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The seat of the parish lies in an arid plain with sandy soil known as Lulumpamba. The Quechua language name of the plain means plain of fruit(s). It is southeast of Pululahua Volcano and east of Casitagua Volcano. In the village there is also a Lulumpamba street named after the plain.

Located at -0.00824, -78.4451 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.420 miles away.
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Parishes of Quito Canton

Calderón (Quito)

Calderón is a rural parish of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It lies northeast of the city of Quito, on Ecuador Highway 35 (designated by the Ecuadorian transit police as E-35), a north-to-south-running highway which is the Ecuadorian segment of the Pan-American Highway. The seat of the parish (the village) is particularly known for its cemetery, which attracts visitors during All Souls' Day (11-02), and for its decorative mazapán figurines.

Located at -0.0972222, -78.4225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.418 miles away.
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Parishes of Quito Canton

Calacalí

Calacalí is a rural parish of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It is northwest of Casitagua Volcano and southwest of Pululagua Volcano. In the central square of Calacalí there is an equator monument. A similar, larger equator monument is in Mitad del Mundo. Calacalí is the first village of the eastern end of a road known as Carretera Calacalí-La Independencia.

Located at 0, -78.5147 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.425 miles away.
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Parishes of Quito Canton

Pululagua

Pululagua is a dormant volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, approximately west-southwest of Mojanda and north of Casitahua volcanoes. Pululagua's caldera is approximately 5 km wide. The volcano is within an Ecuadorian national park known as Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua.

Located at 0.038, -78.463 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.421 miles away.
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Quito Canton, Volcanoes of Ecuador, Volcanic calderas

Casitahua

Casitahua is a dormant, eroded volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, between Pululagua Volcano to the north and Pichincha Volcano approximately to the southwest. Casitahua's caldera is open approximately towards the west-northwest.

Located at -0.0288, -78.4882 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.423 miles away.
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Quito Canton, Volcanoes of Ecuador

Nono, Ecuador

Nono is a rural parish in the municipality of Quito in the Province of Pichincha, Ecuador.

Located at -0.066969, -78.5775 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.429 miles away.
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Populated places in Pichincha Province

Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria

Estadio de Liga Deportiva Universitaria, commonly called La Casa Blanca (Spanish for "The White House"), is a football stadium in Quito, Ecuador that is the home ground of LDU Quito. Built between 1995 and 1997, the stadium hosted its first match on March 6, 1997 in a game between LDU Quito and Atlético Mineiro of Belo Horizonte. With a capacity of 55,104, it is the largest stadium in Quito, and the second largest in Ecuador after the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha in Guayaquil.

Located at -0.107717, -78.4891 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.423 miles away.
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Sports venues completed in 1997, Football venues in Ecuador, LDU Quito, Event venues established in 1997

Catequilla

Catequilla (also Kati-Killa) is an archaeological site in the Pomasqui Valley of Ecuador. Located in the Parish of San Antonio, near Quito, it has an elevation of 2,638 metres . Attributed to the Pre-Columbian era Quitu-Cara culture, it was presumably used as an astronomical observatory even before the arrival of the Incas, and is the only prehispanic site known to be exactly at Equator.

Located at 0, -78.4287 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.419 miles away.
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Archaeological sites in Ecuador, Ancient astronomical observatories

Pomasqui Valley

Pomasqui Valley is a valley on the northern outskirts of Quito, Ecuador. It is located on the equator, the so-called "Mitad del Mundo", at an altitude of around 2,600 metres above sea level. Hot and semi-arid, it is formed by a river tributary. The valley contains the Cerro de Catequilla, which contains the pre-Columbian astronomical observatory, Catequilla. The village of Pomasqui itself lies roughly 6 kilometres from the equator.

Located at 0, -78.4287 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.419 miles away.
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Valleys of Ecuador, Quito, Quito Canton

Pomasqui

Pomasqui is a village in Quito Canton, Ecuador. Located 16 kilometres north of Quito, and 6 kilometres from the equator, it is on the road to Ciudad Mitad del Mundo. The village's main plaza, Plaza Yerovi, features two churches, the Church of El Senor del Arbol ("the Lord of the Tree"), as well as the parish church, which contains some religious paintings which are considered odd. Santa Clara is the patron saint of Pomasqui.

Located at -0.05, -78.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.420 miles away.
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Populated places in Pichincha Province

Monjas River

Monjas River is located in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It has been associated with environmental problems because of the discharge from nearby factories.

Located at 0.0333, -78.4166 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5.418 miles away.
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Rivers of Ecuador