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27 unusual facts about Ecuador


Alejandro Serrano

Nicanor Alejandro Serrano Aguilar (born 13 January 1933 in Cuenca) is an Ecuadorian politician and sports leader.

Alvin Rentería

Rentería set his personal best (16.66 metres) in the men's triple jump on September 15, 2001 in Ambato.

Ambato

Ambato, Ecuador, full name San Juan de Ambato, a city in Ambato Canton

Archdean

Even in the 20th century it was maintained as a dignity among the canons of a cathedral chapters, occasionally alongside a dean (as in Ibarra, Ecuador).

Argenis Moreira

Erwin Argenis Moreira Alcivar (born June 15, 1987 in Manta) is an Ecuadorian football defender who plays for Deportivo Cuenca.

Buddleja ibarrensis

Buddleja ibarrensis is an endangered species endemic to a small area of Ecuador in the vicinity of Ibarra in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest at an elevation of 2,200 m threatened by deforestation.

Chaunus amabilis

It appears that populations of this toad in the area surrounding Provincia Loja have been severely affected by human activities.

Daniel Mina

Daniel Nevil Mina Arisola (born December 9, 1980 in Santa Ana) is an Ecuadorian football midfielder currently playing for Barcelona.

Dannes Coronel

Dannes Arcenio Coronel Campoverde (born May 24, 1973 in Naranjal) is a retired football defender from Ecuador, who made 27 appearances for the Ecuador national team between 1992 and 2000.

Diego Luzuriaga

Diego Luzuriaga (b. Loja, 1955) is an Ecuadorian composer of classical music.

Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly

The assembly first convened on November 29, 2007 in Montecristi, and was given six months to write a new constitution, with a possible two-month extension.

Efrén Mera

Mera began his professional career in his hometown of Manta playing for Green Cross's youth division.

El Cajas

A road from Chaucha to San Joaquin touches on the southern border of the park providing access.

Friends of the Mission Clinic of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Inc.

Founded in 2001 by ordained Catholic priest Father Georg Nigsch of Austria, the Mission Clinic is part of the social ministry of the Catholic Church of Zamora, Ecuador.

Mitad del Mundo

Catequilla Arqueological Site, a prehispanic observatory at Pomasqui Valley Zone, Ecuador.

Molinillo

Matisia grandifolia, also known as Molinillo, a flowering plant from Ecuador

Narcisa de Jesús

Narcisa then moved to the city of Cuenca where she went from home to home, living with whoever would take her including the Blessed Mercedes de Jesús Molina to allow herself greater privacy for prayer and penance.

Naya o La Chapetona

In 2004 the municipality of Zamora, Ecuador constructed, and placed in the center of town, a monument of "Naya o la Chapetona" the protagonist of the novel of the same name.

Óscar Bagüí

Óscar Dalmiro Bagüí Angulo (born December 10, 1982 in Esmeraldas) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for Emelec in the Ecuadorian Serie A.

Patricio Urrutia

The following year, he was traded to Técnico Universitario in Ambato in 1998.

Paul L. Montgomery

A series of article he wrote in March 1970 resulted in the release of four visitors from Cuenca, Ecuador who had been charged with setting off a simultaneous detonation of incendiary devices in the Alexander's and Bloomingdale's department stores in New York City.

Philemona Williamson

In 1994, Williamson's work was shown as part of the American contingent at the IV Bienal Internacional de Pintura en Cuenca, Ecuador.

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

There are however also seats in Ambato (established in 1982), Esmeraldas (1981), Ibarra (1976), Santo Domingo de los Colorados (1996) and a regional seat in the province of Manabí (1993).

Qué tan lejos

The plot follows an Ecuadorian student, Tristeza(Vallejo) from Quito and a Spanish traveler, Esperanza (Martinez) from Barcelona as they unexpectedly travel together from Quito to Cuenca, because Tristeza wants to stop her summer love from marrying and Esperanza wants to travel when a strike caused by the runaway of the president, makes it impossible to travel by bus.

Tena, Ecuador

Archidona - a colonial town, founded in 1560, north of Tena, Archidona still serves as one of the region's main missionary outposts.

Upano River

There are numerous river overlooks including one a block from the central park of Logroño.

Winchester, Virginia

During the Eisenhower administration, Winchester also formalized a sister city relationship with Ambato, Ecuador.


ActionQuest

ActionQuest runs sailing and SCUBA training programs throughout the Caribbean, Australia, Ecuador and the Galapagos, Tahiti, and the Mediterranean.

Adiantum alarconianum

It has been collected in a number of locations in western Ecuador and in the Galápagos Islands, and in the nearby Tumbes Province of Peru.

Aiphanes chiribogensis

It is known from Pichincha Province in northwestern Ecuador, and was collected from Azuay Province in southwestern Ecuador 1943 but the area where it was collected has suffered extensive deforestation, and attempts to find it again in that area have been unsuccessful.

Alberto Montaño

Towards the end of his career he played for a number of teams in Ecuador before finishing his career in the lower leagues of Argentine football with Juventud Antoniana and then Atlanta and of Santiago Wanderers in Chile.

All Saint's Episcopal Day School

Eighth Graders participate in an international exchange program with a school in Ecuador, and spend 10 days living with host families in Quito.

Andean Siskin

The nominate subspecies occurs in coastal mountains of northern Aragua in north Venezuela, the Andes of westerm Venezuela, through the Serranía del Perijá and the eastern Andes in Colombia south to Valle, Putumayo, Nariño and Pichincha Province in Ecuador.

Antonio Ríos

Ríos got his first call up by interim coach Efraín Flores for friendly matches on September 4 and 7, 2010 against Ecuador and Colombia, respectively.

Bomarea goniocaulon

It is endemic to Ecuador, where it has been collected only three times in the Pichincha Province.

Carlos María de la Torre

Carlos María Javier de la Torre y Nieto (November 14, 1873, Quito, Ecuador – July 31, 1968, Quito, Ecuador) was an Ecuadorian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Champús

Champús is a drink popular in Peru, Ecuador and southwest Colombia (Departments of Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño), made with maize, fruits such as lulo (also known as naranjilla), pineapple, quince or guanábana, sweetened with panela and seasoned with cinnamon, cloves and orange tree leaves.

Chiton magnificus

The distribution of Chiton magnificus ranges from the Galapagos Islands at the equator, to Cape Horn at 55° South: Chile, Haida Gwaii, Ecuador, Peru.

Chlorocardium

They are present in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and the Guiana Shield (in northeastern Brazil, Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar and Delta Amacuro states), Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana).

Cristian Mora

Cristian Rafael Mora Medrano (born August 26, 1979 in Vinces, Los Ríos) is an Ecuadorian football goalkeeper who plays for Deportivo Cuenca.

Daniel Viteri

Daniel Jimmy Viteri Vinces (born December 12, 1981 in Guayaquil) is an Ecuadoran footballer who plays for LDU Quito.

Darío Cabrol

In 2003 Cabrol made his last run in the Argentine first division with Huracán before moving to Ecuador to join Emelec.

Dinoponera longipes

Dinoponera longipes have been collected in eastern Peru in the departments of Loreto, Amazonas, Huánuco, San Martín and Pasco, as well as Ecuador in the province of Pastaza.

Foreign relations of Peru

The United States Government, as one of four guarantor states, was actively involved in facilitating the 1998 peace accord between Peru and Ecuador and remains committed to its implementation.

Gilded Barbet

The Gilded Barbet ranges in the eastern Andes drainages to the rivers of the western Amazon Basin from eastern Colombia-Venezuela, eastern Ecuador, from north to south-eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia; in Bolivia the Barbet only ranges on the headwater tributaries to the north-easterly flowing Madeira River.

Guanay Cormorant

After breeding it spreads south to southern parts of Chile and north to Ecuador, and has also been recorded as far north as Panama and Colombia – probably a result of mass dispersal due to food shortage in El Niño years.

Hubert Wołąkiewicz

He made his full international debut on October 12, 2010 in a 2-2 draw against Ecuador.

Jacques Zwobada

In 1929, with René Letourneur, he won an international competition for a gigantic monument to Simón Bolívar in Quito, Ecuador.

Jinsop

Jinsop Ho Odirling, known as "Jinsop" (Seoul, South Korea, 1959 – Santa Elena, Ecuador, June 24, 2012) was an Ecuadorian singer of Korean and American heritage who sang Spanish ballads, pop, and rock music.

José Valencia Murillo

José Luis Valencia Murillo (born March 19, 1982 in Quininde, Esmeraldas) is an Ecuadorian footballer.

Juan Benítez Galeano

Juan Benítez Galeano (born 23 June 1953 in Itacurubí, Paraguay) is a former Paraguayan footballer currently played for clubs of Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador and Spain.

La barra del Rojo

In 2004 in Quito, Ecuador, the barra brava fought the Ecuadorian police during a Copa Libertadores match between El Nacional and Independente in the Atahualpa stadium.

Lou Dematteis

His work has been exhibited on four continents and in 2007 he received a grant from the Open Society Institute to exhibit his work from the Ecuadoran Amazon in the communities in Ecuador most affected by the contamination left in the region as a result of Texaco's oil extraction practices.

Luis Congo

Luis Gonzalo Congo Minda (born 27 February 1989 in Mira Canton) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for LDU Quito as a forward.

Luis García Anchundia

Luis Antonio García Anchundia (born September 20, 1993 in Chone) is an Ecuadorian footballer.

Luis Molinari

Luis Molinari (b. Guayaquil, Ecuador 1929 - d. Quito, Ecuador 1994) (Luis Molinari-Flores) was a member of VAN (Vanguardia Artística Nacional), a group of informal constructivist artists founded by Enrique Tábara and Aníbal Villacís.

Machalilla culture

The Machalilla were a prehistoric people in Ecuador, in southern Manabí and the Santa Elena Peninsula.

Macrocarpaea

Macrocarpaea dies-viridis "Named for the American punk rock music group Green Day, whose music we listened to, especially while driving to localities throughout Ecuador during out 2006 expedition".

Miss United Continent

The first Miss Continente Americano Pageant held in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 2006.

Mitad del Mundo

Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, a national landmark located north of Quito, Ecuador.

Nesoryzomys fernandinae

It is found only on Fernandina in the Galápagos Islands (part of Ecuador), which it shares with N. indefessus narboroughi.

Oswaldo Muñoz Mariño

He co-wrote a study titled Ecuador en gráficos (Ecuador in graphs), which he traveled to Guayaquil to present with the help of Benjamín Carrión.

Pelliciera

Pelliciera rhizophorae, known as the tea mangrove, is a less-common species of mangroves found along the Pacific coast from the Gulf of Nicoya in Costa Rica to the Esmeraldas River in Ecuador as well as within stands located in Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia.

Petter Villegas

Villegas left MLS afterwards, going back to his native Ecuador to play for Aucas, Barcelona SC, Manta and Deportivo Cuenca.

Pink dolphin

The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) that live in the river systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

Pinta Island

Pinta Island, also known as Abingdon Island, after the Earl of Abingdon, is an island located in the Galapagos Islands group, Ecuador.

Pomasqui

Pomasqui is a village in Quito Canton, Ecuador.

Pontus Wernbloom

On 7 January 2007, he was picked for the Swedish national team's January Tour in South America, and he made his debut on 18 January against Ecuador.

Pouteria caimito

It also grows around Tingo Maria and Iquitos, Peru and it will commonly be found in the Province of Guayas in Ecuador, where it's sold in the markets.

Required navigation performance

Since 2009, regulators in Perú, Chile and Ecuador have deployed more than 25 RNP-AR approach procedures, designed in conjunction with LAN Airlines.

Restrepia dodsonii

Restrepia dodsonii, commonly called the Dodson's Restrepia, is a species of orchid endemic to Ecuador (Pichincha).

Sex workers' rights

So far, the organization has influenced policy in certain countries and has interacted with the president Rafael Correa of Ecuador and Luis Ignacio Lula de Silva in Brazil.

Simón Trinidad

Palmera was captured in January 2004 in Quito, Ecuador, by local authorities and speedily deported to Colombia, where he faced charges for rebellion, the kidnapping and later assassination of Colombian former minister Consuelo Araújo and various other criminal offenses that he allegedly committed, including the extortion or kidnapping of several of his former banking associates, former childhood friends and relatives.

Solus Christi Brothers

Seminarians are formed through Solus Christi Seminary whose formation program is affiliated with our jurisdiction's major seminary, the International Seminary of Saint Basil, Quito, Ecuador.

Tony Gómez

He played for teams in Uruguay (Club Nacional de Football, Club Atletico River Plate, Montevideo Wanderers, Plaza Colonia), Argentinia (San Lorenzo de Almagro, Club Atlético Independiente, Estudiantes de La Plata), Barcelona Sporting Club in Ecuador and finally Matsunichi in China.