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The Equator (Mitad del Mundo)

Stand on the line the country is named for, just north of Quito.

Just north of Quito, the Mitad del Mundo monument marks the equator the country is literally named for — a fun, one-foot-in-each-hemisphere stop.

The nearby Intiñan museum leans into the equator’s quirky experiments; either way, it’s a milestone moment to straddle 0° latitude.

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