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Ecuadorian law describes the arms as follows: [1] The Arms of Ecuador shall be an oval shield containing inside, in the upper part the sun with the part of the Zodiac where one finds the signs corresponding to the memorable months of March, April, May and June; in the lower part, to the right shall be represented the historical mountain Chimborazo, wherefrom shall start a river, and where it ...
The original Spanish name for the Visayans, "Los Pintados" ("The Painted Ones") was a reference to their tattoos. [47] [48] [57] "Besides the exterior clothing and dress, some of these nations wore another inside dress, which could not be removed after it was once put on.
Hoy, a daily publication in Ecuador, was published physically from June 7, 1982, until August 26, 2014, and from then onwards digitally. [1] Its editorial office is located in Quito, and it is currently published simultaneously in Guayaquil in electronic format. It was created by Jaime Mantilla Anderson, according to whom it was the first ...
Fort San Pedro in present-day. Fort San Pedro, also called Fuerza de la Nuestra Señora del Rosario, was a military defense structure in Iloilo City, Philippines.It was built in 1602 by Pedro Bravo de Acuña to protect the city from Moro and Dutch attacks, and was completely destroyed during World War II.
Nov. 14—A man is dead after being shot inside a tattoo shop Thursday morning in Downtown Albuquerque. Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque police spokesman, said officers responded around 8:30 a.m ...
Rocafuerte Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the town of Rocafuerte. Its population at the 2001 census was 29,321. [2]
Pedro Moncayo is a canton in the north of the Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The seat of the canton is the city of Tabacundo. The canton is named after politician Pedro Moncayo. The canton is separated by the Mojanda volcano from the canton of Otavalo in the province of Imbabura in the north. It borders the same-province cantons of Cayambe and Quito
Ecuador. Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.