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  2. Pre-Columbian Ecuador - Wikipedia

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    Atahualpa, born in Quito according to Juan de Velasco and Garcilaso de la Vega, [22] [23] and in Cusco according to the most reliable chronicles, [24] [25] [26] [21] [27] was the favorite son of Huayna Capac and was very popular among the Inca armies stationed in the north. The brothers battled for six years, killing many men and weakening the ...

  3. Oriente (Ecuador) - Wikipedia

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    It is bordered on the north by San Miguel and Putumayo rivers and on the east and south by Peru.Oriente has an area of about 50,000 square miles (130,000 square km) and consists of little-explored and virtually unexploited tropical forest inhabited by a tiny fraction of the country's population, living mostly in small villages along the river courses.

  4. File:Región Amazónica del Ecuador.svg - Wikipedia

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    Español: Mapa de la Región Amazónica del Ecuador. Verde intenso: Territorios amazónicos en provincias amazónicas. Verde medio: Territorios amazónicos en provincias no amazónicas. Verde pálido: Territorios no amazónicos en provincias amazónicas.

  5. Santa Ana (La Florida) - Wikipedia

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    Santa Ana - La Florida archaeological site in Ecuador Santa Ana (La Florida) is an important archaeological site in the highlands of Ecuador , going back as early as 3,500 BC. It is located in the Palanda Canton , just to the north of its regional capital of es:Palanda , in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province of Ecuador.

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Ecuador - Wikipedia

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    The national park is located on the coast of Ecuador. Large parts are covered by dry tropical forest. There are also several archaeological sites in the area, related to the pre-Columbian Machalilla culture. [11] Puyango Petrified Forest: El Oro, Loja: 1998 viii, ix (natural)

  7. Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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    A map of uncontacted tribes, around the start of the 21st century As indigenous territories continue to be destroyed by deforestation and ecocide (such as in the Peruvian Amazon ), [ 103 ] indigenous peoples ' rainforest communities continue to disappear, while others, like the Urarina continue to struggle to fight for their cultural survival ...

  8. Zamora-Chinchipe Province - Wikipedia

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    Zamora Chinchipe (Spanish pronunciation: [saˈmoɾa tʃinˈtʃipe]), Province of Zamora Chinchipe is a province of the Republic of Ecuador, located at the southeastern end of the Amazon Basin, which shares borders with the Ecuadorian provinces of Azuay and Morona Santiago to the north, Loja and Azuay to the west, and with Peru to the east and south.

  9. Montegrande (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Valdez (Ecuador) Quirino Olivera (Peru) [ 2 ] Montegrande is an archaeological site in the Cajamarca department of Jaén province in Jaén District , Peru , a spiral temple or enclosure built c. 3000 BCE, by a culture that overlapped the current border with Ecuador.