QUITO
It is located on the Guayllabamba basin,
Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito,
is the political capital of the Republic of
Ecuador, the oldest in South America3
and the Province of Pichincha4, is the
second largest city and second in
population, after Guayaquil; Has 1 607
734 inhabitants (urban parishes) and 2
239 191 inhabitants throughout the
Metropolitan District, 1 making it the
second most populated city in Ecuador.
It is also the cantonal or district head of
the Metropolitan District of Quito5 and is
currently considered the economic
capital of the country
on the western slopes of the active
stratovolcano Pichincha, in the eastern
part of the Andes and its average altitude
is 2700 mall. The city is divided into 32
urban parishes, 8 of which are
subdivided into neighborhoods. Quito is
the political center of the Republic. It
houses the main governmental, cultural
and financial institutions - the majority of
transnational corporations working in
Ecuador are home to the majority of
national, administrative and commercial
Banks in Ecuador the city.
Places of Quito
Iglesia de la Compaa
Telefrico
The date of its first foundation is Plaza de la Independencia
uncertain; The oldest records are found La Capilla del Hombre
in the hacienda of the Inga around the El Panecillo
year 10300 a.c. The Inca Huayna Capac Iglesia de San Francisco
made Quito an important city in the north
of Tahuantinsuyo, and for several Parque nacional Cotopaxi
periods of time it was mobilized between Catedral Metropolitana
it and Tomebamba, this last northern
capital of the Empire. Nevertheless, the
Spanish conquest of the city, the 6 of
December of 1534, like its birth is used.