Ancón
Ancón is a rural parish of Santa Elena canton in the province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. People began settling in the area in late 1923, when the Government of Ecuador conceded 98 mines, occupying an area of 38,842 hectares, to the British oil company Anglo Ecuadorian Oilfields.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: rural parish in Ecuador
- Also known as: “Ancon”, “Ancón, Ecuador”, “Andón”, and “Milagro”
Ancón
- Categories: human settlement, parroquia rural of Ecuador, and locality
- Location: Guayas, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-2.31914° or 2° 19′ 9″ southLongitude
-80.85438° or 80° 51′ 16″ westElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
669XM4JW+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 332361101OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Ancón” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أنسيون”
- Bulgarian: “Анкон”
- Catalan: “Ancón”
- Dutch: “Ancón”
- German: “Ancón”
- German: “San José de Ancón”
- Irish: “Milagro”
- Italian: “Ancon”
- Italian: “Ancón”
- Japanese: “アンコン (エクアドル)”
- Spanish: “Ancón (Ecuador)”
- Spanish: “Ancón”
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