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Pichincha (Spanish pronunciation: [piˈtʃintʃa]) is a province of Ecuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito.It is bordered by Imbabura and Esmeraldas to the north, Cotopaxi and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south, Napo and Sucumbíos to the east, and Esmeraldas and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the west.
Regionalization, or zoning, is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital, Quito. In Ecuador, there are seven regions, or zones, each shaped by the following provinces: Region 1 (42,126 km 2, or 16,265 mi 2): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbíos.
It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on the eastern slopes of Pichincha , [ 4 ] an active stratovolcano in the Andes . Quito's elevation of 2,850 m (9,350 ft) makes it either the highest or the second highest national capital city in the world.
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Ecuador's capital and second largest city [contradictory] is Quito, [107] which is in the province of Pichincha in the Sierra region. It is the second-highest capital city with an elevation of 2,850 meters.
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Rumicucho or Pucara de Rumicucho is an archaeological site of the Inca Empire in the parroquia of San Antonio de Pichincha, in Quito Canton, Pichincha Province. Ecuador. Rumicucho is a pucara (hilltop fortress) located 23 kilometres (14 mi) in a straight-line distance north of the city of Quito at an elevation of 2,401 metres (7,877 ft).
Cayambe is an agricultural service city (population 44,559 at the last census on October 1, 2022) in highland Ecuador.It lies at the foot of the Cayambe volcano.While the city is mainly peopled by mestizos, the surrounding rural population is primarily composed of indigenous people who are mainly involved in subsistence agriculture, dairy farming and procurement of lumber.