July 28, 2022. Located at La Mitad Del Mundo, the Quitsato Sundial is a place that shares various aspects of the astronomical knowledge of the prehispanic cultures of the region. Not far from the monument built to commemorate the first Geodesic Mission of the French Academy of Sciences), it provides an interesting perspective to the Museo Etnográfico Mitad del Mundo. The term “Quitsato’, which means ‘middle of the world’, comes from the pre-Incan Ecuadorian coastal language, Tsafiqui.