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Ciudad Mitad del Mundo as seen from the west from the 30-meter-high terrace of the museum The yellow line divides the 2 hemispheres. Older monument to the equator in Calacalí (2008) The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World City) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.
Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World) may refer to one of the following: Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, a national landmark located north of Quito, Ecuador; Catequilla Arqueological Site, a prehispanic observatory at Pomasqui Valley Zone, Ecuador; The Quitsato Sundial, located exactly on the equator, near Cayambe, Ecuador
Monuments in Ecuador: Need Picture Mitad del Mundo Mitad del Mundo City, Pichincha: Ingapirca Azogues, Cañar: Arco de la capilla del Rosario Quito, Pichincha: Palacio de Carondelet Quito, Pichincha: Metropolitan Cathedral Quito, Pichincha: La Rotonda Guayaquil, Guayas: Moorish Clock Tower Guayaquil, Guayas
The Quitsato Sundial is a cultural-tourist place located at La Mitad Del Mundo, near to Cayambe, 47 km north of Quito, Ecuador.It was built in 2006 and inaugurated in 2007 as an independent, non-profit project in a 24,756 ft 2 (2,300 m 2) area.
· Monumento Mitad del Mundo, located to the north of Quito, apparently built in honor of the French Geodesic Mission, (not precise but most known). · Quitsato Sundial, located near Cayambe, (which according to studies, is located at latitude 0°0'0", and measured with modern equipment and with strong precision).
Pre-Columbian lithic disk. Monte Catequilla (also Kati-Killa) is an archaeological site in the Pomasqui Valley of Ecuador.Located in the Parish of San Antonio of Quito Canton in Pichincha Province, it has an elevation of 2,638 metres (8,655 ft) and is located on a mountaintop about 300 metres (980 ft) above valleys on either side.
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La Mitad del Mundo [64] (the middle of the world) is a small village administered by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, 35 km (22 mi) north of Quito. It has since been determined, with the use of Global Positioning System technology, that the actual equator is some 240 m (790 ft) north of the monument area.