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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.
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.
The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World City) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, 26 km (16 mi) north of the center of Quito.
Mejía is a canton in the province of Pichincha in northern Ecuador. [2] It is named after Ecuadorian political figure José Mejía Lequerica. The canton includes a volcano in the Central Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes called Rumiñahui. The seat of the canton is called Machachi. Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador ...
Location in Ecuador. ... Pichincha is a city in Pichincha Canton in the Manabí Province in Ecuador. It is situated along the Daule River. References
Quito, officially the Metropolitan District of Quito (Spanish: Distrito Metropolitano de Quito), is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. Governance [ edit ]
Rumiñahui (in Hispanicized spelling, [rumiˈɲawi]) or Rumiñawi (Quechua rumi stone, ñawi eye, [2] "stone eye") is a canton of Pichincha Province in Ecuador. Its seat is Sangolquí. The canton lies southeast of Quito Canton and forms a suburb of Quito. [3] Rumiñahui was named a Pueblo Mágico by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR ...
Pichincha Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the town of Pichincha. Its population at the 2001 census was 29,945.