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ID: 1000051
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Record Type: administrative |
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Ecuador (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 02 00 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -2.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 077 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -77.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area was inhabited by several Amerindian peoples; most early cultures were agrarian; established Caras kingdom with capital at Quito; conquered by the Incas of Peru after 1450; Spanish invasion began in 1534; part of Gran Colombia 1822-1830; official language is Spanish, though Quechua & other Amerindian tongues are also spoken. |
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| Ecuador (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Ecuador (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Ecuador, República del (C,V)
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| República del Ecuador (C,V)
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| Ecuador, Republic of (C,V)
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| Republic of Ecuador (C,O)
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| Équateur (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République de l'Équateur (C,O,French,U,N)
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| ECU (C,O,ISO3L)
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| EC (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO218 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| EC00 (C,O)
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| Quito (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Ecuadorian (C,O,English,U,A)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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declared independence of Spain 1809, but sovereignty established 1830, after period as part of Gran Colombia |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République de l'Équateur.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 778 |
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