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Quito (; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkito] (listen); Quechua: Kitu; formally Saint Francis of Quito) is the capital of Ecuador, the country's most populous city and at an elevation of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level, it is the second highest official capital city in the world, and the closest to the equator. It is located in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains. In 2008, the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations.The historic centre of Quito is one of the largest, least-altered and best-preserved in the Americas.

Quito and Kraków, Poland, were the first World Cultural Heritage Sites declared by UNESCO, in 1978. The central square of Quito is located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the equator; the city itself extends to within about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of zero latitude. A monument and museum marking the general location of the equator is known locally as la mitad del mundo (the middle of the world), to avoid confusion, as the word Ecuador is Spanish for equator.

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onesboro or Jonesborough is the name of a number of settlements in the United States and the United Kingdom: United States Jonesboro, Arkansas Jonesboro massacre, a school shooting incident Jonesboro, Georgia, originally Jonesborough Battle of Jonesborough, final battle of the Atlanta Campaign Jonesboro, Illinois, site of the third of the Lincoln–Douglas debates Jonesboro, Indiana Jonesboro, Louisiana Jonesboro, Maine Jonesboro, Ohio Jonesboro, Oregon Jonesborough, Tennessee, "Tennessee's oldest town"United Kingdom Jonesborough, County Armagh, a small village in Northern Ireland

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