Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
The Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador is a Pontifical Catholic university founded in 1946 in Quito, Ecuador.Photo: David Adam Kess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: University
- Description: Ecuatorian university
- Also known as: “Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador”, “Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador”, “Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE)”, “Universidad Catolica del Ecuador”, and “Universidad Católica del Ecuador”
- Address: Avenida 12 de Octubre, Quito
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coliseo General Rumiñahui and Parque El Ejido.
Coliseo General Rumiñahui
Stadium
Coliseo General Rumiñahui is an indoor sporting arena located in Quito, Ecuador. The capacity of the arena is 16,000 and is used mostly for basketball, volleyball and other sports. Coliseo General Rumiñahui is situated 410 metres south of Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador.
Parque El Ejido
Park
Photo: Quitolabicicleta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parque El Ejido is a public park located along Avenue Patria in the Itchimbía neighborhood, in the Old Centre part of Quito, Ecuador. It is the third-largest park in the city. Estadio El Ejido is located nearby. The park hosts exhibitions on the weekend.
Puerta de La Circasiana
Photo: H3kt0r, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puerta de La Circasiana is situated 690 metres west of Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quito and Chaupicruz.
Quito
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an ancient Inca city. Quito's Old City is the largest in the Americas and was one of the first UNESCO World Heritage Sites, recognized as the largest and most intact colonial city center remaining in the Americas.
Chaupicruz
Neighborhood
Chaupicruz is an electoral parish or district of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes. Chaupicruz is situated 5 km north of Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador.
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
- Categories: pontifical university, open-access publisher, organization, Jesuit university, Catholic university, and education
- Location: Quito, Quito Canton, Pichincha, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-0.20986° or 0° 12′ 36″ southLongitude
-78.49131° or 78° 29′ 29″ westOpen location code
67F3QGR5+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 31135308OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=universityWikidata ID
Q1537436
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Էկվադորի պապական կաթոլիկ համալսարան”
- Asturian: “Pontificia Universidá Católica d’Ecuador”
- Asturian: “Pontificia Universidá Católica del Ecuador”
- Basque: “Pontificia Ekuadorreko Unibertsitate Katolikoa”
- Catalan: “Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador”
- Catalan: “Pontifícia Universitat Catòlica de l’Equador”
- Catalan: “PUCE”
- Chinese: “厄瓜多天主教大學”
- Chinese: “厄瓜多爾天主教大學”
- Esperanto: “Pontifika katolika universitato de Ekvadoro”
- French: “Université pontificale catholique d’Équateur”
- French: “Université pontificale catholique de l’Équateur”
- Galician: “Pontificia Universidade Católica de Ecuador”
- German: “Päpstliche Katholische Universität von Ecuador”
- German: “Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador”
- Greek: “Ποντιφικό Καθολικό Πανεπιστήμιο του Ισημερινού”
- Japanese: “教皇庁立エクアドルカトリック大学”
- Persian: “دانشگاه کاتولیک پاپی اکوادور”
- Portuguese: “Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Equador”
- Russian: “Папский католический университет Эквадора”
- Spanish: “Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador”
- Spanish: “Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador”
- Spanish: “Puce”
- Spanish: “Universidad Catolica de Quito”
- Spanish: “Universidad Católica de Quito”
- Spanish: “Universidad Catolica del Ecuador”
- Spanish: “Universidad Católica del Ecuador”
- Tagalog: “Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador”
- Ukrainian: “PUCE”
- Ukrainian: “Папський Католицький Університет Еквадору”
- Welsh: “cuador”
- Welsh: “Prifysgol Gatholig Ecwador”
- “PUCE”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador and Museo de Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño.
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