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The flag of the city and canton of Quito is defined by Article 1 of a municipal law known as Ordenanza Municipal N° 1634, passed in 1974, when Sixto Durán Ballén was mayor of Quito. The flag is divided into six equally wide vertical bands, of which the inner four are red and the outer two are blue. Article 1 also recommends that the flags be ...
The conquistador Diego de Almagro founded Santiago de Quito (in present-day Colta, near Riobamba) on 15 August 1534, renamed as San Francisco de Quito on 28 August 1534. The city was later refounded at its present location on 6 December 1534 by 204 settlers led by Sebastián de Benalcázar , who captured leader Rumiñahui , effectively ending ...
Founded Notes Status Claro Ecuador: Telecommunications Mobile provider & fixed line telecommunications Guayaquil: 1993 Telecommunication operator P A Corporación Favorita C.A. Self-service stores Department Store, Supermarket, and Hypermarket Quito: 1952 Conglomerate service P A Correos del Ecuador: Industrials Delivery services Quito: 1831
Spanish Colonial Flag 1534–1820: The Cross of Burgundy flag of the Spanish colonial empire flew over Ecuador for many years. Flag of the Quiteñan Revolution 1809–1812: The leaders of a rebellion against the Spanish authorities raised a reversed Cross of Burgundy flag in Quito on 10 August 1809. The uprising was defeated in 1812. First ...
The Cross of Burgundy flag of the Spanish colonial empire flew over Ecuador for many years. 1809–1812: The leaders of a rebellion against the Spanish authorities raised a reversed Cross of Burgundy flag in Quito on 10 August 1809. The uprising was defeated in 1812. 1820–1822: A flag with five horizontal stripes and three stars in the middle ...
TAME or TAME EP Linea Aerea del Ecuador was an airline founded in Ecuador in 1962. TAME (pronounced "tah-meh") was the flag carrier and the largest airline of Ecuador. TAME headquarters were in Quito, Pichincha Province and the main hub was Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito. The airline was formed by the Air Force of Ecuador.
Juan Bautista de Anza (1736–1788), soldier and explorer, founded San Francisco, California Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480–1551), first explorer in search of El Dorado in 1535 and conqueror of Ecuador and southern Colombia (Presidencia of Quito), founded Quito 1534, Cali 1536, Pasto 1537, and Popayán 1537
The Quito and Guayaquil to Madrid routes in particular proved extremely competitive, as Iberia was popular among travelers who flew those two routes. During the 1980s, Ecuatoriana de Aviación began conducting business with the European Airbus consortium, buying Airbus A310 jetliners. Ecuatoriana debuted a pair of Airbus A-310s in the early 1990s.