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The mountainous, Andean region of Ecuador, the Sierra, is home to a style of music called Sanjuanito. The music of the Otavalo people is well-known worldwide. A small panpipe called the rondador is the most distinctive instrument, but ensembles are typically groups of wind instruments , guitar trios (often including a bandolin ), or brass bands .
Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador: Transit type: Rapid transit: Number of lines: 1: Number of stations: 15: Website: Metro de Quito (in Spanish) Operation; Began operation: 1 December 2023: Number of vehicles: 18 CAF MQ117 EMUs [1] Technical; System length: 22 km (14 mi) [2] Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge: Electrification ...
4 April – Ecuador orders the expulsion of the Mexican ambassador Raquel Serur Smeke after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador makes comments deemed inappropriate on the effect of the Assassination of Fernando Villavicencio on the 2023 Ecuadorian general election.
Public Internet access centers, known as Infocentros, have been installed in 377 (48 percent) of Ecuador's 810 rural parishes, with a projection of 100 percent by 2014. Internet cafes are also becoming increasingly common. During the February 2013 elections for president and National Assembly, the Internet provided a real-time forum for ...
La Región Insular is the region comprising the Galápagos Islands, some 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) west of the mainland in the Pacific Ocean. Ecuador's capital and second largest city [contradictory] is Quito, [106] which is in the province of Pichincha in the Sierra region. It is the second-highest capital city with an elevation of 2,850 meters.
Miss Universe Ecuador 2024 was the first Miss Universe Ecuador pageant under CNB Ecuador, held at the Parque Zoila Ugarte de Landívar in Machala, El Oro, Ecuador, on June 8, 2024. Mara Topić of Guayaquil was crowned as the winner at the end of the event. Topić will represent Ecuador at Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico. [1] [2] [3]
La Voz Ecuador (Spanish: The Voice Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian reality talent show that premiered on Teleamazonas in 2015. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland , the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol .
The province is divided into 22 cantons.The following table provides a comprehensive overview of the twenty-two cantons of Manabí province, including their respective populations at the 2001 census, their areas in square kilometers (km²), and the names of their respective canton seats or capitals: