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Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton

canton of Pichincha province, Ecuador

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ1992916 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pedro Vicente Maldonado is a canton in the west of the province of Pichincha in Ecuador. It is named after the 18th-century Ecuadoran scientist Pedro Vicente Maldonado. Arashá Spa, a tropical forest resort, is located in this canton.

Editorial summary

“Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton” enters the record as canton of Pichincha province, Ecuador. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pedro, Vicente and Maldonado can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 38-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1992-01-28. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Pedro, Vicente and Maldonado.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Pedro, Vicente and Maldonado provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1992916. VIAF identifies the subject as 146228256. The Library of Congress control number is n88159113. Authority coordinates are 0.167, -79.000. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton primary sources, Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton archive and Pedro research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Pedro Vicente Maldonado Canton” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.