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About the event
Ecuador�??s Independence Day is a national public holiday that is celebrated every year on August 10. In Spanish, it is known as �??D??a del Primer Grito de Independencia de Quito,�?? �??Day of Quito�??s First Cry of Independence,�?? and in other countries of Hispanic America as �??Primer Grito de Independencia Hispanoamericano,�?? or �??First Cry of Hispanic American Independence,�?? as the Ecuadorians were the first ones to do so in Latin America and inspired other countries. On this day in 1809, the citizens of Quito, the current-day capital city of Ecuador, rebelled and declared their independence from Spain. Ecuador is Spanish for �??the equator,�?? which neatly describes its geographical place on the globe
