El Salvador is an
electoral parish (parroquia electorale urban) or district of
Quito, the
capital city
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of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
. The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political
elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes.
References
Parishes of Quito Canton
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