Quito

San Francisco de Quito, maist aften cried Quito (), is the caipital ceity o Ecuador in northwastren Sooth Americae. It is locatit in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastren slopes o Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes muntains. Wi a population o 1,978,376 accordin tae the last census (2019), Quito is the seicont maist populous ceity in Ecuador, efter Guayaquil. It is the caipital o the Pichincha province an the seat o Metropolitan Destrict o Quito an aw. The canton recordit a population o 2,700,000 residents in the 2019. In 2008 the ceity wis designatit as the heidquarters o the Union o Sooth American Naitions.

The elevation o the ceity's central square (Plaza de La Independencia or Plaza Grande) is 2,800 m (aboot 9,186 ft), makin Quito the seicont-heichest administrative caipital ceity in the warld (efter La Paz, Bolivie), an the heichest legal caipital (ahead o Sucre, in Bolivie, an Bogotá, Colombie).

The central square o Quito is locatit aboot 25 km (15 mile) sooth o the equator; the ceity itsel extends tae athin aboot 1 km (0.6 mile) o zero latitude. A monument an museum markin the general location o the equator is kent locally as la mitad del mundo (the middle o the warld), tae avoid confusion, as the wird  is Spainyie for equator.

Quito, alang wi Krakow, wur the first Warld Cultural Heritage Steids declared bi UNESCO in 1978.

Guápulo, Quito 
Guápulo is a destrict of Quito, Ecuador, cried an electoral parish (parroquia electoral urbana) an aw. The parish wis established as a result o the October 2004 poleetical elections whan the ceity wis dealt intae 19 urban electoral parishes. Set behind Hotel Quito, the neighborhood of Guápulo runs doun the winding Camino de Orellana, frae González Suárez tae Calle de los Conquistadores, the main road oot of Quito an tae the neighboring suburbs. 
Arts and Crafts in Guapulo  Eften considered an artsy, bohemian neighborhood of Quito, Guápulo is home tae mony local artists an a couple of hippy cafés/bars. Every year on September 7 the guapuleños honour thair neighborhood wi the Fiestas de Guápulo, a fantastic celebration complete wi costumes, parade, fuid, drink, sang, dance, an fireworks.

Guápulo Park http://www.parquesyespacios.gob.ec/  is a 19.5 hectares, 48 acre public park.http://www.ambiente.gob.ec/parque-guapulo-nuevas-obras-se-entregan-para-beneficio-de-quito/   ambiente.gob.ec/parque-guapulo  The park is administered bi the Public Sector unner the Parks an Public Spaces Urban Spaces that is unner the National Plan for Good Livin as tae the creation of green spaces for cultural practices, recreational an sports activities.

Plaza San Fransisco ( Kirk an Convent of St. Francis ) in the Historic Center of Quito.

(Guápulo) image gallery 

 Twin touns an sister ceities 

Quito is twinned wi:

  Madrid, Spain
  Buenos Aires, Argentinae
  Bogotá, Colombie
  Managua, Nicaragua
  Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  Coral Gables,  USA
  Vancouver,  Canadae
  Toronto,  Canadae
  La Paz, Bolivie
  Dubai, UAE
  Buxton, Unitit Kinrick
  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 
  Kraków, Poland

Category:Caipitals in Sooth Americae
Category:Populatit places in Pichincha Province
Category:Provincial caipitals in Ecuador


Category:Populatit places established in 1534
Category:Warld Heritage Steids in Ecuador