Pichincha Province

Pichincha
Pichincha
	Province
	Province o Pichincha
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	Location o Pichincha in Ecuador.
	Cantons o Pichincha Province
Kintra	Ecuador
Established	1824
Named for	Pichincha volcano
Caipital	Quito
Cantons	Leet o Cantons Cayambe; Mejía; Pedro Moncayo; Pedro Vicente Maldonado; Puerto Quito; Quito; Rumiñahui; San Miguel de los Bancos;
Govrenment
• Provincial Prefect	Gustavo Baroja Narváez
Area
• Total	9535.91 km2 (3,681.84 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,576,287
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)
Website	http://www.pichincha.gov.ec/

Pichincha is a province o Ecuador locatit in the northren sierra region; its caipital an lairgest ceety is Quito. It is bordered bi Imbabura & Esmeraldas tae the north, Cotopaxi & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas tae the sooth, Napo & Sucumbíos tae the east, an Esmeraldas & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas tae the wast.

Prior tae 2008, the canton Santo Domingo de los Colorados wis pairt o the Pichincha Province. It haes syne become its awn province, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.

Admeenistrative diveesions

The province is dividit intae aicht cantons.

Canton	Pop. (2001)	Aurie (km²)	Cantonization	Caipital
Cayambe	69,800	1,187	July 23, 1883	Cayambe
Mejía	62,888	1,459	July 23, 1883	Machachi
Pedro Moncayo	25,594	333	Sep. 26, 1911	Tabacundo
Pedro Vicente Maldonado	9,965	657	Jan. 28, 1992	Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Puerto Quito	17,100	719	Apr. 1, 1996	Puerto Quito
Quito	1,839,853	4,204	Dec. 6, 1534	Quito
Rumiñahui	65,882	134	May 31, 1938	Sangolquí
San Miguel de Los Bancos	10,717	801	Feb. 14, 1991	San Miguel de los Bancos

Gobierno de la Provincia Pichincha Archived 2005-05-12 at the Wayback Machine Web site of the Pichincha prefecture
Data of Pichincha Archived 2009-04-10 at the Wayback Machine Geographical Data of the Provice. Web site of the Pichincha Prefecture