Santo Domingo de los Colorados
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Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
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Santo Domingo de Los Colorados (Ecuador)
Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
Coordinates: 0°15′15.89″S 79°10′21.66″W / -0.2544139, -79.1726833Coordinates: 0°15′15.89″S 79°10′21.66″W / -0.2544139, -79.1726833
Country  Ecuador
Province Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas
Canton Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
Created May 29, 1861
Named for Los Colorados
Urban Parishes
Government
 - Mayor Kleber Paz y Miño Flores
Elevation 625 m (2,051 ft)
Website: http://www.santodomingo.gov.ec/

Santo Domingo de Los Colorados is the a city in Ecuador that is the seat of the canton that bears its name, and the capital of the province Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas in Ecuador.

The name refers to a local ethnic group, the Tsáchila, and the custom of men in that tribe to dye their hair with extract of the achiote plant: this group, which is indigenous to the area, is recognised with a substantial statue near the town center.

The town is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados.

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