Kingdom of Quito (legendary/contested)
E1001930
The Kingdom of Quito is a semi-legendary pre-Columbian polity said to have existed in the northern Andes of present-day Ecuador, whose historicity is debated due to limited and contested archaeological and documentary evidence.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Quito | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contested historical polity
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historical myth ⓘ legendary kingdom ⓘ pre-Columbian polity ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRecord | does not conclusively confirm a centralized kingdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cara people
NERFINISHED
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Quitu people ⓘ Quitu-Cara tradition ⓘ |
| capital | Quito (traditional attribution) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredByOthersAs | possible real regional chiefdom confederation ⓘ |
| consideredBySomeAs | mythic construction of the colonial period ⓘ |
| culturalContext | northern Andean chiefdoms ⓘ |
| describedAs |
kingdom with dynastic rulers
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organized monarchy ⓘ |
| describedBy | Juan de Velasco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceStatus |
contested documentary evidence
ⓘ
limited archaeological evidence ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Reino de Quito
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Reino de Quito preincaico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegendaryRuler |
Atahualpa (in some local narratives)
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Shyri (title of rulers, according to tradition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTerritoryIn |
Quito Basin
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northern highlands of Ecuador ⓘ |
| historicity |
disputed
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semi-legendary ⓘ |
| influenced | Ecuadorian national identity narratives ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
colonial-era chronicles
ⓘ
local oral traditions ⓘ |
| languageContext | pre-Inca languages of northern Ecuador ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
northern Andes
NERFINISHED
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present-day Ecuador ⓘ |
| mainSource | Juan de Velasco’s Historia del Reino de Quito en la América Meridional NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notSupportedBy | clear continuous written pre-Columbian records ⓘ |
| oftenConfusedWith |
Inca-era Kingdom of Quito (Inca provincial organization)
NERFINISHED
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city of Quito NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Inca rule in northern Ecuador (traditional view) ⓘ |
| regionNowPartOf | Republic of Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| saidToHaveBeenConqueredBy | Inca Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| saidToHaveBeenConqueredUnder | Huayna Capac NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Ecuadorian national historiography
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archaeological debate ⓘ historiographical debate ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
before Inca conquest of northern Ecuador
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pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| topicIn |
debates on myth and history in Latin America
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studies of Andean ethnohistory ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.