Pichincha Province

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Map of Pichincha Province in Ecuador.
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Map of Pichincha Province in Ecuador.

Pichincha is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is the city of Quito, which is also the nation's capital. The province contains the Pichincha Volcano. Pichincha borders the provinces of Imbabura, Cotopaxi, Esmeraldas, Manabí, Los Ríos, Napo and Sucumbíos.

Pichincha has the ISO 3166-2:EC code EC-P.

The last remaining members of the Tsachila tribe live in Santo Domingo de los Colorados.

[edit] Political division

The province is divided into 9 cantons. The cantons, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

  1. Cayambe (Cayambe)
  2. Mejía (Machachi)
  3. Pedro Moncayo (Tabacundo)
  4. Pedro Vicente Maldonado (Pedro Vicente Maldonado)
  5. Puerto Quito (Puerto Quito)
  6. Quito (Quito)
  7. Rumiñahui (Sangolquí)
  8. San Miguel de los Bancos (San Miguel de los Bancos)
  9. Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Santo Domingo de los Colorados)

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Provinces of Ecuador Flag of Ecuador
Azuay | Bolívar | Cañar | Carchi | Chimborazo | Cotopaxi | Esmeraldas | Galápagos | Guayas | Imbabura | Loja | Los Ríos | Manabí | Morona-Santiago | Napo | Orellana | El Oro | Pastaza | Pichincha | Sucumbíos | Tungurahua | Zamora-Chinchipe
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[edit] References

  1. Gobierno de la Provincia Pichincha Web site of the Pichincha prefecture
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