Quito of Ecuador

Villa de San Francisco de Quito, better known as Quito, is the capital of the Republic of Ecuador, a country in north-western South America. Ecuador is one of the most environmentally diverse countries in the world and includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, large sections of the Amazon rainforest known as Ecuador’s El Oriente, and parts of the mighty Andes Mountains ranging here in height from 1,500 metres (4,921 ft) to 6,310 metres (20,701 ft).

When the Spaniards colonised the land they called it El Ecuador, or “The Equator”, a fitting name as the country lies smack on the earth’s equator. Just a short distance north of Quito is Ciudad Mitad del Mundo or “Middle of the World City” where a monument was built to mark the imaginary line where the equator divides the planet into north and south.

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