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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Quito canonical 250
Quito metropolitan area 7
Quito, Ecuador 5

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 Mariscal Sucre International Airport ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains

Pichincha Province ⓘ
locatedOn slopes of Pichincha volcano ⓘ
officialName Quito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Quito Historic Center

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ecuador → capital → Quito ⓘ
Ecuador → hasWorldHeritageSite → Quito ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Quito
ET → usedInCity → Quito ⓘ
President of Ecuador → seat → Quito ⓘ
Union of South American Nations → headquartersLocation → Quito ⓘ
Union of South American Nations → secretariatLocation → Quito ⓘ
Quito → officialName → Quito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: San Francisco de Quito
Quito → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Quito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quito Historic Center
Inca Empire → majorCity → Quito ⓘ
Viceroyalty of Peru → importantCity → Quito ⓘ
National Assembly of Ecuador → headquartersLocation → Quito ⓘ
National Assembly of Ecuador → capitalOfJurisdiction → Quito ⓘ
National Assembly of Ecuador → meetsIn → Quito ⓘ
Spanish-speaking world → hasMajorCity → Quito ⓘ
Ecuadorian War of Independence → location → Quito ⓘ
LATAM Airlines Group → focusCity → Quito ⓘ
Armed Forces of Ecuador → headquartersLocation → Quito ⓘ
Carondelet Palace → locatedIn → Quito ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Ecuador → meetsAt → Quito ⓘ
Government of Ecuador → capital → Quito ⓘ
Government of Ecuador → seatOfGovernment → Quito ⓘ
UNASUL → headquartersLocation → Quito ⓘ
General Secretariat → headquartersLocation → Quito ⓘ
subject surface form: General Secretariat of the Union of South American Nations
Ecuador Time → usedIn → Quito ⓘ
Plaza de la Independencia → locatedIn → Quito ⓘ
Sebastián de Benalcázar → founded → Quito ⓘ
Central University of Ecuador → locatedIn → Quito ⓘ
Pichincha Province → capital → Quito ⓘ
Pichincha Province → contains → Quito ⓘ
Pichincha Province → hasMajorCity → Quito ⓘ
Pichincha Province → hosts → Quito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Metropolitan District of Quito
Mariscal Sucre International Airport → serves → Quito ⓘ
Mariscal Sucre International Airport → serves → Quito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quito metropolitan area
Mariscal Sucre International Airport → cityServed → Quito ⓘ
Mariscal Sucre International Airport → locatedNear → Quito ⓘ
Quitu people → center → Quito ⓘ
Quitu people → locatedInPresentDay → Quito ⓘ
Virgin of El Panecillo monument → locatedIn → Quito ⓘ
Virgin of El Panecillo monument → overlooks → Quito ⓘ
Virgin of El Panecillo monument → symbolOf → Quito ⓘ
Cathedral of Quito → locatedIn → Quito ⓘ
La Compañía de Jesús Church → locatedIn → Quito ⓘ
La Compañía de Jesús Church → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Quito ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Quito
La Compañía de Jesús Church → locationCity → Quito ⓘ
El Panecillo hill → locatedIn → Quito ⓘ
subject surface form: El Panecillo
El Panecillo hill → city → Quito ⓘ
subject surface form: El Panecillo
El Panecillo hill → partOf → Quito ⓘ
subject surface form: El Panecillo
this entity surface form: Quito metropolitan area
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador → city → Quito ⓘ
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador → isLocatedIn → Quito ⓘ
Avianca → focusCity → Quito ⓘ