Montecristi

Montecristi is a town in the province of and the capital of . Montecristi was formed during the first years of the Spanish conquest, possibly between 1536 and 1537, with settlers from Manta who left their village fleeing pirate attacks.
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  • Type: Town with 18,400 residents
  • Description: Ecuador
  • Also known as: Monte Cristi”, “Monte Cristi (Ecuador)”, and “Montecristi, Ecuador

Montecristi

Latitude
-1.0504° or 1° 3′ 2″ south
Longitude
-80.6607° or 80° 39′ 39″ west
Population
18,400
Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)
United Nations Location Code
EC MTC
Open location code
66CXW8XQ+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249596849
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3654055
Wiki­data ID
Q1014493
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Swedish—“Montecristi” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Albanian: Montecristi, Ecuador
  • Albanian: Montecristi
  • Arabic: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Arabic: Montecristi, Ecuador
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  • Asturian: Montecristi (Ecuador)
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  • Basque: Montecristi (Ekuador)
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  • Catalan: Montecristi (Equador)
  • Catalan: Montecristi, Equador
  • Catalan: Montecristi
  • Cebuano: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Cebuano: Montecristi, Ecuador
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  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Montecristi, Ecuador
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  • Chinese: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Chinese: Montecristi, Ecuador
  • Chinese: Montecristi
  • Chinese: 蒙特克里斯蒂 (厄瓜多)
  • Chinese: 蒙特克里斯蒂 (厄瓜多爾)
  • Chinese: 蒙特克里斯蒂
  • Danish: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Danish: Montecristi, Ecuador
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  • Dutch: Montecristi (Ecuador)
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  • French: Montecristi (Équateur)
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  • Galician: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Galician: Montecristi, Ecuador
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  • German: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • German: Montecristi, Ecuador
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  • Irish: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Irish: Montecristi, Ecuador
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  • Italian: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Italian: Montecristi, Ecuador
  • Italian: Montecristi
  • Lithuanian: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Lithuanian: Montecristi, Ecuador
  • Lithuanian: Montecristi
  • Lithuanian: Montekristis
  • Polish: Montecristi (Ekwador)
  • Polish: Montecristi, Ecuador
  • Polish: Montecristi
  • Portuguese: Montecristi (Equador)
  • Portuguese: Montecristi, Equador
  • Portuguese: Montecristi
  • Quechua: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Quechua: Montecristi, Ecuador
  • Quechua: Montecristi
  • Russian: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Russian: Montecristi, Ecuador
  • Russian: Montecristi
  • Russian: Монтекристи
  • Serbo-Croatian: Montecristi (Ekvador)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Montecristi
  • Spanish: Montecristi
  • Swedish: Montecristi (Ecuador)
  • Swedish: Montecristi, Ecuador
  • Swedish: Montecristi

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Montecristi”. Photo: Fernando Locatelli, CC BY 3.0.