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Quito ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkito] ⓘ; 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 is located in a valley on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, [ 4 ] an active stratovolcano in ...
high· 3rd. Website. www.azuay.gov.ec. Azuay(Spanish pronunciation:[aˈswaj]ⓘ), Province of Azuayis a provinceof Ecuador, created on 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of 8,171 square kilometres (3,155 sq mi). Its capital is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands. Its mountains reach 4,500 m (14,800 ft) above ...
Location of Pichincha in Ecuador. / 0.250°S 78.583°W / -0.250; -78.583. 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 ...
Pichincha Canton. Location of Manabí Province in Ecuador. / -1.0473; -79.8186. 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. [2]
The Banco Pichincha is the largest private-sector bank in Ecuador, by capitalization and by number of depositors.It is the primary bank of the Pichincha Group (Grupo Pichincha), a business group that includes the companies associated with the bank and businesses related to Fidel Egas Grijalva and his family, which include Diners Club of Ecuador, Picaval and Teleamazonas.
Battle of Pichincha. The Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 3,500 meters above sea-level, right next to the city of Quito, in modern Ecuador. The encounter, fought in the context of the Spanish American wars of independence, pitted a Patriot army under General Antonio José de Sucre against a ...
Population. (2022 census) [1] • City. 4,406. • Density. 2,200/km 2 (5,800/sq mi) Pichincha is a city in Pichincha Canton in the Manabí Province in Ecuador. It is situated along the Daule River .
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 ...