Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador
🇪🇨 Santo Domingo de los Colorados, simply referred to as Santo Domingo (Tsachila) is a city and seat of the canton that bears its name. It is the fourth most populous city in Ecuador and is an important commercial and industrial centre, and serves as the capital of the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province.
Etymology The name, "de los Colorados", refers to a local ethnic group, the Tsáchila, and the custom of men in that tribe to dye their hair with extract of the achiote plant; hence "Santo Dominigo de los Colorados" or "Santo Domingo of the Dyed". This group, which is indigenous to the area, is recognised with a substantial statue near the town center.
Geography Santo Domingo is located approximately 133 km west of Quito at an elevation of 625 m. Santo Domingo lies in the foothills west of the Andes. It is important stopping point on the road from Quito to the Pacific coast. The city also connects other lowland cities like Quevedo, Chone, and Quinindé.
The city is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados.
Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador
Santo Domingo de los Colorados has a population of over 334,826 people. Santo Domingo de los Colorados also forms the centre of the wider Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province which has a population of over 460,000 people.
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🇪🇨 Santo Domingo -0.25
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🇪🇨 Santo Domingo -79.167
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Locations Near: Santo Domingo de los Colorados -79.1667,-0.25
🇪🇨 Santo Domingo -79.167,-0.25 d: 0
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🇪🇨 El Empalme -79.633,-1.033 d: 101.4
🇪🇨 Otavalo -78.25,0.217 d: 114.4
🇪🇨 Chone -80.1,-0.683 d: 114.4
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