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La Mitad del Mundo
Samantha Johnson
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La Mitad del Mundo translates to “half the world” or “the equator”
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• Location: Quito, Ecuador• It is on the Equatorial Line of Latitude• It was constructed on the equator• La Mitad del Mundo stands in both
the north and south hemispheres
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• La Mitad del Mundo has one main monument and many smaller ones that lead to it.
• Around the monument is a small village, including homes and a church, and a museum
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This is the church around la Mitad del Mundo. You are allowed to climb to the top to get a look at the wonderful view.
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Although the equator passes through other countries and places, this is the only one named for it, “la República de Ecuador”
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La Mitad del Mundo’s History
• In 1736, in South America, the equator was mapped out by a French man named Charles-Marie de La Comdamine
• They were about 250 meters off the mark where the equator actually is
• The monument was built on his measurement anyway
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Inti Nan, the museum at la Mitad del Mundo has many experiments that show the differences between the actual equator and the one marked by Charles-Marie de La Comdamine, but they are supposedly staged. Either staged or not, about five minutes down a dirt road near la Mitad del Mundo, is the equator marked by the global positioning system.
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La Mitad del Mundo Now
• La Mitad del Mundo has undergone many renovations• One of the renovations was to
include restrooms for its visitors.
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• Now La Mitad del Mundo is mainly a tourist attraction. Many tourists want to go there because they can be in two places at once, (the northern and southern hemisphere).
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Works Cited"inti nan." about.com. 23 Jun. 2010. <http://gosouthamerica.about.com/b/2007/10/29/la-
mitad-del-mundo-and-inti-nan-museum-at-ecuadors-equator.htm>.
"mitad del mundo." eb.com. 22 Jun. 2010. <"inti nan." about.com. 23 Jun. 2010. .>.
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"quito." in-quito.com. 23 Jun. 2010. <http://www.in-quito.com/pictures/mitad-mundo.htm>.