Quito - Wikipedia
Quito (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ; Quechua: Kitu), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha .
Quito | History, Map, Population, & Facts | Britannica
Sep 27, 2024 · Quito, city and capital of Ecuador. It is situated on the lower slopes of the volcano Pichincha, which last erupted in 1666, in a narrow Andean valley at an elevation of 9,350 feet (2,850 metres), just south of the Equator.
Ecuador - Wikipedia
Ecuador's capital and second largest city [contradictory] is Quito, [105] 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.
Ecuador | History, Flag, Capital, Map, Currency, Population, …
3 days ago · Ecuador is unusual among Latin American countries in having two major centres of population and commerce, the vibrant port city of Guayaquil acting as a counterbalance to the capital, Quito, located in the Andean highlands in the north-central part of the country.
What Is The Capital Of Ecuador? - WorldAtlas
Jan 22, 2018 · The capital city of Ecuador is Quito. It was formerly called the San Francisco de Quito. Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador after Guayaquil. It has a population of 2.6 million people according to the last census held in Ecuador, in 2014.
Quito summary | Britannica
Quito , City (pop., 2010: 1,607,734), capital of Ecuador. The city lies at an elevation of 9,350 ft (2,850 m) on the lower slopes of Pichincha, an active volcano, in a narrow valley of the Andes Mountains.
Quito City Information and Travel Guide - Quito.com
Quito, officially known as ‘San Francisco de Quito’ is the capital of Ecuador, a country located in South America. It is the first city declared by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage Site in 1978. After La Paz in Bolivia, Quito is the second-highest capital city in the world at 2850m.
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Jul 6, 2023 · Quito is the capital city of Ecuador. Located in the Andes Mountains in the province of Pichincha, Quito is the highest official capital city in the world, standing at an elevation of 2,850 meters (9,350 feet) above sea level. The Historic Center of Quito is …
Quito, Ecuador - New World Encyclopedia
Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in northern Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of the Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains.
Quito – Travel guide at Wikivoyage
Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an ancient Inca city. Quito's Old City is the largest in the Americas and was one of the first UNESCO World Heritage Sites, recognized as the largest and most intact colonial city center remaining in the Americas.