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    Guano is a location in the Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Guano Canton. The town is well known for its handmade leather products and...
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  • Bomb (1964) Guano Canton, a subdivision of Chimborazo Province, Ecuador Guano, Ecuador, a town which is the administrative center of Guano Canton, in Chimborazo...
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    Guano Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Chimborazo Province. Its capital is the town of Guano. Its population at the 2001 census was 37,888...
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    The Guano era refers to a period of stability and prosperity in Peru during the mid-19th century. It was sustained on the substantial revenues generated...
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    The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's highest mountain. The province is divided into 10 cantons. The following...
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    Juan Montalvo (category People from Ambato, Ecuador)
    Panamá, Venezuela and Colombia, he arrived at Ecuador where he worked as a seller of fabrics. In Guano, Ecuador, he meets Jacinta Oviedo, whom he married...
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    Cayambe. Chimborazo Province. Capital: Riobamba. Cantones: Riobamba, Ambato, Guano, Guaranda, Alausí y Macas. 0°13′S 78°31′W / 0.217°S 78.517°W / -0.217;...
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    former colonies of Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia from 1865 to 1879. The conflict began with Spain's seizure of the guano-rich Chincha Islands in one of...
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    The Cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. There are 221 cantons in the country, of which three are not...
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  • her education, academic knowledge and literary talents in contemporary Ecuador, and was the only female member of the famous literary society Escuela...
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    he led the country when the economy boomed due to the exploitation of guano deposits. Castilla's governments are remembered for having abolished slavery...
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    relative economic and political stability began due to the exploitation of guano that ended with the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). Throughout the 20th...
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    Jorge Yunda (category Members of the National Assembly (Ecuador))
    Born Jorge Homero Yunda Machado (1965-08-28) 28 August 1965 (age 59) Guano, Ecuador Political party PAIS Alliance Occupation Physician, politician, radio...
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  • originated from a hypocenter 15 km beneath the surface. The nearby villages of Guano, Patate, Pelileo, and Pillaro were destroyed, and the city of Ambato suffered...
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    Guanay cormorant (category Birds of Ecuador)
    occurs year round with a peak in November and December. The nest is built of guano on flat surfaces on offshore islands or remote headlands. There are up to...
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    Humboldt penguins nest on islands and rocky coasts, burrowing holes in guano and sometimes using scrapes or caves. In South America the Humboldt penguin...
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    commercialized guano exports in a deal with French businessmen and the Peruvian government, abolishing existing claims to Peruvian guano; guano was essentially...
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    Clipperton Island (category Pacific islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act)
    part of the French protectorate of Tahiti in 1858. Despite this, American guano miners began working the island in the early 1890s. As interest in the island...
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    Colombia's Isla Cascajal, dated July 2023. The Inca tern nests on sea cliffs and guano islands, as well as manmade structures (such as ledges under piers) and...
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  • civilization, which took place in the current territories of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, incorporating in the first instance...
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    spine of the Andes for 4,000 km (2,500 miles) from southern Colombia, to Ecuador and Peru, including the deserts of coastal Peru, to north Chile and northwest...
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    kilometres (2.1 mi) south of the equator. Peru shares land borders with Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile, with its longest land border shared...
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    1841) and a successful occupation of Ecuador (1858-1860). Starting in 1842, increased state revenues from guano. Exports allowed the expansion and modernization...
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    outbreak of the War of the Pacific, the Peruvian economy was severely hit as Guano had ceased to be the main source of resources. Peru had declared bankruptcy...
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    ends with the essential result of an increase in the power of gamonalism. Guano and saltpeter played a fundamental role in the development of the Peruvian...
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  • The 2019 Copa Ecuador was the first edition of the Copa Ecuador, Ecuador's domestic football cup. It began with the first round on 10 November 2018 and...
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    words have entered English and French via Spanish, including coca, condor, guano, jerky, llama, pampa, poncho, puma, quinine, quinoa, vicuña (vigogne in...
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    the agreement, the Peruvian State handed over control of its railways, a guano concession, annual payments over 33 years and several minor concessions...
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    (Spheniscus mendiculus) is a penguin endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It is the only penguin found north of the equator. Most inhabit Fernandina...
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    confidence in the stability of the State, the first contract to exploit guano deposits and promote their sale in foreign markets was formalized in Lima...
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