Quito

E8614

capital city city

Quito is the high-altitude Andean city that serves as Ecuador’s political and cultural center, renowned for its well-preserved colonial historic center and dramatic mountain setting.

Aliases (7)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → city →
capitalOf	Ecuador →
climate	subtropical highland climate →
continent	South America →
country	Ecuador →
countryCapitalType	cultural capital → political capital →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 2850 metres → about 9350 feet →
formerAirport	Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport →
foundedAs	Spanish colonial city →
foundedBy	Sebastián de Benalcázar →
foundingYear	1534 →
geographicFeature	Andean valley →
hasAirport	Mariscal Sucre International Airport →
hasBasilica	Basilica del Voto Nacional →
hasCathedral	Cathedral of Quito →
hasExecutiveResidence	Carondelet Palace →
hasLandmark	El Panecillo hill → La Compañía de Jesús Church → Plaza de la Independencia → Virgin of El Panecillo monument →
hasLegislature	National Assembly of Ecuador →
hasUniversity	Central University of Ecuador → Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador →
isNear	equator →
isSeatOf	Government of Ecuador → Pichincha Province →
isTransportHubFor	northern Ecuador →
knownFor	Spanish colonial architecture → dramatic mountain setting → historic churches and monasteries → plazas and narrow streets → well-preserved colonial historic center →
languageMajority	Spanish →
largerCityInCountry	Guayaquil →
locatedIn	Andes Mountains → Pichincha Province →
locatedOn	slopes of Pichincha volcano →
officialName	San Francisco de Quito →
populationRankInCountry	second-largest city in Ecuador →
preColumbianCulture	Inca Empire → Quitu people →
primaryEconomicSectors	commerce → services → tourism →
timeZone	UTC−05:00 →
UNESCOInscriptionYear	1978 →
UNESCOSiteType	cultural →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Quito Historic Center →

Referenced by (70)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Asamblea Nacional → Basilica del Voto Nacional → Carondelet Palace → Cathedral of Quito → Central University of Ecuador → Court of Justice of the Andean Community → El Panecillo → La Compañía de Jesús Church → Legislative Palace, Quito → Palacio Legislativo → Plaza de la Independencia → Virgin of El Panecillo monument →	locatedIn
Armed Forces of Ecuador → General Secretariat of the Union of South American Nations → National Assembly of Ecuador → UNASUL → Union of South American Nations →	headquartersLocation
Audiencia of Quito → Ecuador → Government of Ecuador → Pichincha Province →	capital
Basilica del Voto Nacional → El Panecillo → Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador →	city
Asamblea Nacional → National Assembly of Ecuador → National Congress of Ecuador →	meetsIn
Avianca → LATAM Airlines Group →	focusCity
Pichincha Province → Spanish-speaking world →	hasMajorCity
Ecuadorian War of Independence → Legislative Administration Council →	location
Chinchaysuyu → Inca Empire →	majorCity
Mariscal Sucre International Airport → Mariscal Sucre International Airport ("Quito metropolitan area") →	serves
La Compañía de Jesús Church ("City of Quito") → Quito ("Quito Historic Center") →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
National Congress of Ecuador →	capitalCityOfMeeting
National Assembly of Ecuador →	capitalOfJurisdiction
Quitu people →	center
Audiencia of Quito ("city of Quito") →	centeredOn
Mariscal Sucre International Airport →	cityServed
Qhapaq Ñan →	connects
Pichincha Province →	contains
Legislative Administration Council →	countryCapital
Sebastián de Benalcázar →	founded
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno →	governingCountryCapital
Ecuador ("City of Quito") →	hasWorldHeritageSite
Court of Justice of the Andean Community ("Quito, Ecuador") →	headquarters
Pichincha Province ("Metropolitan District of Quito") →	hosts
Viceroyalty of Peru →	importantCity
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador →	isLocatedIn
Quitu people →	locatedInPresentDay
Mariscal Sucre International Airport →	locatedNear
La Compañía de Jesús Church →	locationCity
Council of Ministers of Ecuador →	meetsAt
Audiencia of Quito →	namedAfter
Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador) →	near
Quito ("San Francisco de Quito") →	officialName
Virgin of El Panecillo monument →	overlooks
El Panecillo ("Quito metropolitan area") →	partOf
Guillermo Lasso →	residence
President of Ecuador →	seat
Government of Ecuador →	seatOfGovernment
Union of South American Nations →	secretariatLocation
Virgin of El Panecillo monument →	symbolOf
Ecuador Time →	usedIn
ET →	usedInCity