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Contents 1 Map 2 to-do 3 Economy of Quito 4 Request Move 5 Removed this from the main article 6 Vandalism? Clarification please 7 There's serious discrepancy here! 8 List of attractions and reference to getquitoecuador

[edit] Map

IMHO this desparately needs a map showing where Quito is located within the country (and maybe a little framing to show where the country is in South America)

The "Travel Guide" section has several formatting and grammar problems. In any case, it would be better suited to WikiTravel. Any objections to removing it?

I think it's not true that Quito was founded in the 1500s since it was already a capital city in the 1400s. SA

I'm going to have to agree with "SA." Inka Wayna Kapak, father of Atawallpa, is thought to have sought to establish a second capital at Quito (in addition to Qosqo) before he died of disease. This should be changed. D.E. Cottrell 23:01, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I too would like to see the travel guide moved to Wikitravel, though there are licensing issues as Wikitravel uses a stricter license. Any idea who wrote the thing? --Bletch 17:38, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

I think the following important fact should be added: The Incas worshiped the Sun as a diety and felt Quíto was of great spiritual importance as "the place with no shadows". This was no doubt due to the proximity to the equator. M.A.C.

[edit] to-do

From the article:

More information to add:

• Size
• Geography
  • Location
  • Geographic landmarks
• People
• Culture

--Spangineer ∞ 02:06, Mar 16, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Economy of Quito

In my opinion, this article needs to explain how the economy of Quito works by giving more details, e.g.:

1. which foreign or national companies operate in Quito
2. poverty in Quito
3. corruption and illegal economic activities
4. the economical differences between the north and the south of the city
5. the main economic activities and industries/factories in Quito
6. trade/commerce and transportation of goods
7. telecommunications/media/radio and TV stations/newspapers/press/postal service

2004-12-29T22:45Z 01:43, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request Move

The request is based on the principal that the common denominator, per the new category UTC-5 demonstrates that cities generally have the state or province name. Take for example Ottawa which should redirect to Ottawa, Ontario and not vis-versa. This will help when categorizing cities. --CyclePat 00:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed this from the main article

This duplicates the City infobox.

City of Quito*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	Ecuador
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Reference	2
Region†	Latin America and the Caribbean
Inscription history
Inscription	1978  (2nd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

[edit] Vandalism? Clarification please

Can someone explain this first line in the Geography section for me: Quito is located in the northern Sierra Negra (Galápagos) of Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin.

Last time I checked, Quito is not on the Galapagos islands... --Elgringo18 09:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] There's serious discrepancy here!

The entry says that in 1809 the population of Quito was 10,000 -- but it also says that in 1797 an earthquake killed 40,000. This is REALLY unlikely. Can someone check these numbers? scotteaux 21:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of attractions and reference to getquitoecuador

I put back in the list of attractions and the reference to getquitoecuador.com for the following reasons. (1) I think the list of attractions is a useful part of the article; feel free to disagree. (2) Encyclopedic content should be cited, and the getquitoecuador.com site was clearly the source for this content. Perhaps there is a better source; feel free to find it. (3) Even though the site is a commercial one, and even though they liberally sprinkled links throughout (which have now been removed), it's still the source for this info.

So I would propose either: (1) leave it as is, with the info in the article and the citation of getquitoecuador; (2) leave the list in, but find a better reference; or (3) remove it entirely (as was recently done)---but only if the information is not worthwhile or the getquitoecuador.com site is felt, by consensus, to be highly inappropriate. To me (2) is the optimal choice, but requires further research, and (1) is fine in the interim. But I'm sure others may disagree.

As to the comment "disguised as a reference", the intention was not to disguise anything. Please assume good faith. -- Spireguy 16:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)