Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor

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disputed territory (historical) international border segment mountain border

The Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor is a remote, mountainous frontier region in the Amazon that was long contested by both countries and became the focal point of the 1995 Cenepa War before its final demarcation.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ecuador–Peru border	3
Ecuador–Peru border region	1
Ecuador–Peru territorial disputes	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	disputed territory (historical) ⓘ international border segment ⓘ mountain border ⓘ
accessibility	limited road access ⓘ reliance on airstrips and river transport ⓘ
averageElevation	approximately 1,000–2,900 meters above sea level ⓘ
biodiversity	high ⓘ
borderType	largely follows watershed divides ⓘ
characteristic	remote ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ
climate	humid tropical ⓘ
conflictParties	Armed Forces of Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ Armed Forces of Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryBorder	Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
demarcationMethod	ground markers and geodetic coordinates ⓘ
disputeBegan	19th century ⓘ
ecoregion	tropical montane forest ⓘ
finalDemarcationCompleted	1998 ⓘ
finalDemarcationInstrument	Brasilia Presidential Act of 26 October 1998 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	long-standing territorial dispute between Ecuador and Peru ⓘ
hydrologyFeature	headwaters of the Cenepa River ⓘ tributaries of the Marañón River ⓘ
locatedIn	Amazon Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Cordillera del Cóndor NERFINISHED ⓘ South America ⓘ
majorConflict	Cenepa War NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorConflictDate	January–February 1995 ⓘ
mediatedBy	Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
naturalResources	freshwater resources ⓘ mineral deposits ⓘ
nearbyIndigenousGroups	Awajún (Aguaruna) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuar NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	signing of the Brasilia Presidential Act ending the Ecuador–Peru border dispute ⓘ
partOf	Ecuador–Peru border NERFINISHED ⓘ
post1998Cooperation	binational development projects ⓘ environmental conservation initiatives ⓘ
postConflictStatus	peaceful demarcated border ⓘ
relatedAgreement	Brasilia Presidential Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTreaty	Rio Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityPresence	border military outposts ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Amazonian headwaters ⓘ
terrain	mountainous ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cordillera del Cóndor protected zones → borderRegion → Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecuador–Peru border

Paquisha War → borderRegion → Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecuador–Peru border

Cenepa War → disputedBorderSection → Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor ⓘ

Battle of Tarqui → hasEffectOn → Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecuador–Peru border

Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941 → location → Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecuador–Peru border region

Paquisha War → partOf → Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ecuador–Peru territorial disputes