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Petroecuador is a state-owned enterprise, founded on September 26, 1989. In its conception, Petroecuador began as a fiscal agent; however, in time, it came to manage and operate most of the country's oil sector. [ 4] It is the successor to Corporación Estatal Petrolera Ecuatoriana (CEPE) which was formed in 1972. [ 5]
The Ferrocarriles del Ecuador Empresa Pública (Ecuadorian Railways Company) is the national railway of Ecuador. The railway system was devised to connect the Pacific coast with the Andean highlands. After many decades of service the railway was severely damaged by heavy rainfall during the El Niño in 1997 and 1998 [ 1][ 2] and from general ...
There were two military dictatorships in the country (1963–1966 and 1972–1979) before democracy returned with the election of Jaime Roldós Aguilera. From 1996 to 2005, 3 constitutional presidents were overthrown ( Abdalá Bucaram, Jamil Mahuad and Lucio Gutiérrez ). The left-wing populist government of Rafael Correa (2007–2017) has been ...
Regionalization, or zoning, is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital, Quito. In Ecuador, there are seven regions, or zones, each shaped by the following provinces: Region 1 (42,126 km 2, or 16,265 mi 2 ): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbios.
"Estadísticas de la Semana" [Stats of the Week] (in Spanish). National Institute of Statistics and Census of Ecuador. National Institute of Statistics and Census of Ecuador. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014 .
Correos del Ecuador: Industrials Delivery services Quito: 1831 Postal services CNT EP: Telecommunications Fixed line telecommunications Quito: 2008 State telecom Ecua-Andino Hats: Consumer goods Clothing & accessories Guayaquil: 1985 Hat makers Ecuavisa: Consumer services Broadcasting & entertainment Quito: 1967 Television programming Marathon ...
The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size for the Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence. Six species have been recorded in Ecuador. Black-collared jay, Cyanolyca armillata.
Pichincha is a stratovolcano in Ecuador. The capital Quito wraps around its eastern slopes. The two highest peaks of the mountain are Wawa Pichincha ( Kichwa wawa child, baby / small, [ 3] Spanish spelling Guagua Pichincha) (4,784 metres (15,696 ft)) and Ruku Pichincha (Kichwa ruku old person, [ 3] Spanish Rucu Pichincha) (4,698 metres (15,413 ...