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Ecuador

1830 – present
Sovereign stateSouth America

The old Audiencia of Quito, astride the equator between the Pacific and the upper Amazon.

Endures as the Republic of Ecuador; lost most of its Amazonian claims to Peru in the 1941 war and 1942 Rio Protocol.

Borders in 2026 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Ecuador — the shape you scrub through changes in 1830 · 1941.

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