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Ecuador UNESCO world heritage sites

Azuay province [capital = Cuenca]

Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca see detail
The urban fabric of the Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca comprises a system of parks, squares, atriums, churches and other public spaces.
Andean road at S2 50 39.95 W79 9 15.5 + S2 49 33.81 W79 12 21.28 + S2 44 55.39 W79 26 18.57 + S2 43 17.49 W79 25 54.72
Several roadside structures provide lasting evidence of valuable resources and goods traded along the network, such as precious metals, muyu (spondylus shell), foodstuffs, military supplies, feathers, wood, coca and textiles transported from the areas where they were collected, produced or manufactured, to Inca centres of various types and to the capital itself.

Canar province [capital = Azogues]

Andean road at S2 47 12.87 W78 51 50.37 + S2 31 57.78 W78 55 45.64
See above.

Carchi province [capital = Tulcan]

Andean road at N0 45 45.66 W77 41 45.64 + N0 35 26.85 W77 44 16 + N0 30 0 W77 50 60 + N0 32 55.78 W78 4 23.53 + N0 35 10 W78 6 9.89
See above.

Chimborazo province [capital = Riobamba]

Andean road at S2 19 58.59 W78 48 8.08 + S2 20 40.89 W78 47 59.69
See above.

Galapagos province [capital = Puerto Baquerizo Moreno]

Galapagos Islands at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
This archipelago and its immense marine reserve is known as the unique 'living museum and showcase of evolution'.

Guayas province [capital = Guayaquil]

Andean road at S2 41 28 W79 33 59.71
See Andean road above.

Imbabura province [capital = Ibarra]

Andean road at N0 22 37.86 W78 5 2.29
See above.

Loja province [capital = Loja]

Andean road at S4 20 52.4 W79 20 16.16 + S3 44 19.6 W79 15 4 + S3 36 W79 13
See above.

Morona-Santiago province [capital = Macas]

Sangay National Park in Zunac (also part of Chimborazo and Tungurahua provinces)
With its outstanding natural beauty and two active volcanoes, the Sangay National Park illustrates within its 270,000 hectares the entire spectrum of ecosystems of Ecuador. These include glacial and volcanic ecosystems, cloud forests, Amazon rainforest, wetlands, lakes, and the fragile moorlands (paramos) and grasslands of the highlands.

Pichincha province [capital = Quito]

Old Town of Quito see detail
The city offers a remarkable example of the Baroque school of Quito (Escuela Quitena), that brings together the indigenous and European artistic traditions and which is renowned for providing the greatest contribution of Spanish America to universal art.
Andean road at S0 3 50.51 W78 12 8.97
See Andean road above.