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Automóviles y Máquinas del Ecuador S.A., known by the syllabic abbreviation AYMESA, is an automotive assembler based in Quito, Ecuador, which since 1970 is dedicated to the assembly, assembly and construction of automobiles, being a pioneer in the Ecuadorian market. When car manufacturing in Ecuador had its origins in the late sixties and ...
Quito ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkito] ⓘ; Quechua: Kitu ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, [4] an active stratovolcano in the ...
Culture of Ecuador. Ecuador is a multicultural and multiethnic nation, with the majority of its population is descended from a mixture of both European and Amerindian ancestry. The other 10% of Ecuador's population originate east of the Atlantic Ocean, predominantly from Spain, Italy, Lebanon, France and Germany.
Iñaquito. Iñaquito is a parish of Quito, Ecuador, located toward the north of the city. [citation needed] There is a large concentration of malls in the area, [1] and the population is wealthy relative to the rest of Quito. [citation needed] This is also home to a large international community in Ecuador, primarily Americans.
Guayaquil plays an important role in Ecuador's economy as the commercial heart of the country, and is also a vibrant, sprawling city, urban, cultural and touristic. In recent years, the city has become a business and convention destination. Half a dozen skyscrapers give it the profile of a major city that continues to expand to the north and west.
Tower height. 377.2 Ft (115 meters) Spire height. 73 metres (240 ft) Administration. Archdiocese. Archdiocese of Quito. The Basilica of the National Vow ( Spanish: Basílica del Voto Nacional) is a Roman Catholic church located in the historic center of Quito, Ecuador. It is the largest neo-Gothic basilica in the Americas.
Annexation of the territory to Gran Colombia. The Ecuadorian War of Independence, part of the Spanish American wars of independence of the early 19th century, was fought from 1809 to 1822 between Spain and several South American armies over control of the Real Audiencia of Quito, a Spanish colonial jurisdiction which later became the modern ...
Cantons of Ecuador; Provinces of Ecuador; Lists of cities by country; References "Estadísticas de la Semana" [Stats of the Week] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Ecuador. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014; External links. Media related to Cities in Ecuador at Wikimedia Commons