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Quito

Quito
Capital city
San Francisco de Quito
Clockwise from top: Calle La Ronda, Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, El Panecillo as seen from Northern Quito, Carondelet Palace, Central-Northern Quito, Parque La Carolina and Iglesia y Monasterio de San Francisco
Clockwise from top: Calle La Ronda, Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, El Panecillo as seen from Northern Quito, Carondelet Palace, Central-Northern Quito, Parque La Carolina and Iglesia y Monasterio de San Francisco
Flag of Quito
Flag
Official seal of Quito
Seal
Nickname(s): 
Luz de América (Light of America), Carita de Dios (God's Face), Ciudad de los Cielos (City of the heavens)
Quito is located in Ecuador
Quito
Quito
Location of Quito within Ecuador
Coordinates: 00°14′S 78°31′W / 0.233°S 78.517°W / -0.233; -78.517
CountryEcuador
ProvincePichincha
CantonQuito
FoundationDecember 6, 1534
Founded bySebastián de Belalcázar
Named forQuitu
Urban parishes
32 urban parishes
  • Argelia, La
  • Belisario Quevedo
  • Carcelén
  • Centro Histórico
  • Chilibulo
  • Chillogallo
  • Chimbacalle
  • Cochapamba
  • Comité del Pueblo
  • Concepción, La
  • Condado, El
  • Cotocollao
  • Ecuatoriana, La
  • Ferroviaria, La
  • Guamaní
  • Inca, El
  • Iñaquito
  • Itchimbía
  • Jipijapa
  • Kennedy
  • Libertad, La
  • Magdalena
  • Mariscal Sucre
  • Mena, La
  • Ponceano
  • Puengasí
  • Quitumbe
  • Rumipamba
  • San Bartolo
  • San Juan
  • Solanda
  • Turubamba
  • Gebze Istasyon
Government
 • TypeMayor and council
 • Governing bodyMunicipality of Quito
 • MayorSantiago Guarderas
Area
(approx.)
 • Capital city372.39 km2 (143.78 sq mi)
 • Water0 km2 (0 sq mi)
 • Metro
4,217.95 km2 (1,628.56 sq mi)
Elevation
2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Capital city2,011,388
 • Density5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,700,000
 • Metro density640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
 • Demonym
Quitonian[1]
Quiteño/a (Spanish)
Time zoneUTC-5 (ECT)
Postal code
EC1701
Area code(0)2
ClimateCfb
Websitewww.quito.gob.ec
CriteriaCultural: ii, iv
Reference2
Inscription1978 (2nd Session)
Area320 ha

Quito is the capital city of Ecuador. As of 2020, about 2.011 million people lived there. Quito is the second largest city in Ecuador after Guayaquil. The Historic Center of Quito, Ecuador is one of the largest, least-changed and best-preserved historic centers in the Americas. Quito was designated a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. It is the first city to be honored in such a way.[2][3][4]

The Historic Centre of Quito is located in the center south of the capital on an area of 320 hectares (790 acres), and is thought of as one of the most important historic areas in Latin America. There are about 130 monumental buildings (which have a variety of pictorial art and sculpture, mostly of religious inspired in a range of schools and styles) and 5,000 properties registered in the municipal inventory of heritage properties.

  1. ↑ "Ecuador" , Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VII, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1878, p. 649.
  2. ↑ "Quito - About". Ladatco.com. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "City of Quito - World Heritage Site". World Heritage Site.org. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Capello, Ernesto (2011), City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito, University of Pittsburgh Press, p. 84
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