Quito

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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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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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Qhapaq Ñan connects Quito
Cordillera Occidental near Quito
subject surface form: Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)
Chinchaysuyu majorCity Quito
Asamblea Nacional meetsIn Quito
Audiencia of Quito centeredOn Quito
this entity surface form: city of Quito
Guillermo Lasso residence Quito
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador governingCountryCapital Quito
subject surface form: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Court of Justice of the Andean Community headquarters Quito
this entity surface form: Quito, Ecuador
Manuela Sáenz residence Quito
Cotopaxi (volcano) isVisibleFrom Quito
subject surface form: Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi (volcano) nearbyCity Quito
subject surface form: Cotopaxi
Cuenca countryCapital Quito
Melchor Aymerich activeIn Quito