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QUITO , the See also:capital of the See also:republic of See also:Ecuador, the see of an archbishopric covering the same territory, and the capital of the See also:province of Pichincha, in See also:lat. o° 14' S., See also:long. 7S° 45' W., about 114 M. from the Pacific See also:coast and 165 m. in a See also:direct See also:line N. E. of See also:Guayaquil, with which it is connected by a railway completed in 1908. Pop. (1906) 50,840, of whom 1365 were foreigners, mostly Colombians. It occupies a small See also:basin of the See also:great central See also:plateau formed by the See also:volcano Pichincha on the W., the Puengasi See also:ridge on the E., and ridges N. and S. formed by spurs from the eastern See also:side of Pichincha. The ground upon which the See also:city is built is uneven and is traversed from W. to E. by two deep ravines (quebradas), one of which is arched over in great See also:part to preserve the See also:alignment of the streets, the drainage of which escapes through a cleft in the ridge northward to the See also:plain of Tumbaco. The city is in great part laid out in rectangular squares, the streets See also:running nearly with the See also:cardinal points of the See also:compass. The houses of Quito are chiefly of the old See also:Spanish or Moorish See also:style. The See also:building material in See also:general use is See also:sun-dried bricks, which in the better houses is covered with See also:plaster or See also:stucco. The public buildings are of the heavy Spanish type. ,Facing the See also:principal square (Plaza See also:Mayor), and occupying the whole S. side, is the See also:cathedral; on the W. side is the See also:government See also:palace; on the N. the See also:archbishop's palace; and on the E. the municipal See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall. The See also:elevation of this plaza is 9343 ft. above See also:sea-level. The finest building in the city is the See also:Jesuits' See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, whose See also:facade is covered with elaborate See also:carving. Amongpublic institutions are the university, which occupies part of the old Jesuit See also:college, an astronomical See also:observatory, and eleven large monastic institutions, six of which are for nuns. One of the convents, that of See also:San Francisco, covers a whole See also:block, and ranks among the largest institutions of its See also:kind in the See also:world. A part of it is in ruins, and another part has been for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time used as military See also:barracks by, the government. The university has faculties of See also:theology, See also:law and See also:medicine, and has 200 to 250 students, but it is antiquated in See also:character and poorly supported. The eminent botanist and chemist, Dr See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Jameson (1796-1872), was a member of its See also:faculty for many years. The city has no large commercial houses, and only an insignificant export See also:trade, chiefly hides and See also:forest products from the wooded See also:mountain slopes near by. Religious paintings of a See also:medieval type are produced in large See also:numbers and exported. The native manufactures include tanned See also:leather, saddles, shoes, ponchos, woollen and See also:cotton See also:cloth, fibre sandals and_ sacking, blankets, coarse See also:matting and coarse woollen carpets. See also:Superior See also:hand-made carpets are also made, and Quito artisans show much skill in See also:wood carvings and in See also:gold and See also:silver See also:works; the See also:women excel in See also:fine See also:needlework and See also:lace-making.
Quito derives its name from the Quitus, who inhabited the locality a long time before the Spanish See also:conquest. In 1533 See also:Sebastian Benalcazar took peaceable See also:possession of the native See also:town (which had been successivly a capital of the Seyris and Incas), and in 1541 it was elevated to the See also:rank of a Spanish city. Its full See also:title was San Francisco del Quito, and it was capital of the province or See also:presidency of Quito down to the end of Spanish colonial See also:rule. It has suffered repeatedly from earthquakes, the greatest damage occurring from those of 1797 and 1859.
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