Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor

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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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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 ⓘ
Armed Forces of Peru ⓘ
countryBorder Ecuador ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
demarcationMethod ground markers and geodetic coordinates ⓘ
disputeBegan 19th century ⓘ
ecoregion tropical montane forest ⓘ
finalDemarcationCompleted 1998 ⓘ
finalDemarcationInstrument Brasilia Presidential Act of 26 October 1998 ⓘ
historicalStatus long-standing territorial dispute between Ecuador and Peru ⓘ
hydrologyFeature headwaters of the Cenepa River ⓘ
tributaries of the Marañón River ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon Basin ⓘ
Cordillera del Cóndor ⓘ
South America ⓘ
majorConflict Cenepa War ⓘ
majorConflictDate January–February 1995 ⓘ
mediatedBy Argentina ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
United States ⓘ
naturalResources freshwater resources ⓘ
mineral deposits ⓘ
nearbyIndigenousGroups Awajún (Aguaruna) ⓘ
linked to: Aguaruna

Shuar ⓘ
notableEvent signing of the Brasilia Presidential Act ending the Ecuador–Peru border dispute ⓘ
partOf Ecuador–Peru border ⓘ
post1998Cooperation binational development projects ⓘ
environmental conservation initiatives ⓘ
postConflictStatus peaceful demarcated border ⓘ
relatedAgreement Brasilia Presidential Act ⓘ
relatedTreaty Rio Protocol ⓘ
securityPresence border military outposts ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Amazonian headwaters ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ

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

Cenepa War → disputedBorderSection → Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor ⓘ
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941 → location → Ecuador–Peru border region ⓘ
linked to: Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor
Paquisha War → partOf → Ecuador–Peru territorial disputes ⓘ
linked to: Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor
Paquisha War → borderRegion → Ecuador–Peru border ⓘ
linked to: Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor
Battle of Tarqui → hasEffectOn → Ecuador–Peru border ⓘ
linked to: Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor
Cordillera del Cóndor protected zones → borderRegion → Ecuador–Peru border ⓘ
linked to: Ecuador–Peru border in the Cordillera del Cóndor