Quito, Ecuador

You are looking at Quito in Ecuador. The city has a population of 1780703 residents. It is located on -77.47 degrees longitude, and -13.00 latitude.

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Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located on the eastern slopes of the Pichincha , an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With an estimated population of about 1.7 million people as of 2005. It is also the seat of the Quito Metropolitan District, home to 2 million residents. As the headquarters of the newly-formed Union of South American Nations, Quito is also the de facto capital of South American integration.

Because of this physical beauty, its traditions, mystic corners, valuable legends, it is considered " Reliquary of the American Art". Because of this main characteristics, in November of 1978 was the first city in the world declared by UNESCO: Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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