Quito

Quito
Quito
	Caipital ceity
	San Francisco de Quito
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	Eik-name(s): Luz de América (Licht o Americae), Carita de Dios (God's Face), Ciudad de los Cielos (Ceity o the heavens)
	Quito Location o Quito athin Ecuador
	Coordinates: 00°15′00″S 78°35′00″W / 0.25000°S 78.58333°WCoordinates: 00°15′00″S 78°35′00″W / 0.25000°S 78.58333°W
Kintra	Ecuador
Province	Pichincha
Canton	Quito
Foondation	6 December 1534
Foondit bi	Sebastián de Benalcázar
Named for	Quitu
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;
Govrenment
• Teep	Mayor an cooncil
• Govrenin body	Municipality o Quito
• Mayor	Santiago Guarderas
Area approx.
• Caipital ceity	324 km2 (125 sq mi)
• Water	0 km2 (0 sq mi)
• Metro	4204 km2 (1,623 sq mi)
Elevation	2850 m (9350 ft)
Population (2020)
• Caipital ceity	2,011,388
• Density	6,200/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
• Metro	2,700,000
• Metro density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
• Demonym	Quiteño(-a)
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)
Postal code	EC1701
Area code(s)	(0)2
Website	http://www.quito.gob.ec

San Francisco de Quito, maist aften cried Quito (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈkito]), 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 ecuador 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.^[1] 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.^[2] ^[3] 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 ^[4] is a 19.5 hectares, 48 acre public park.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] 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.