Pichincha Province, Ecuador

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name = Pichincha
official_name = Province of Pichincha
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ECU
seat_type = Capital
seat = Quito
parts_type = Cantons
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parts = List of Cantons
p1 = Cayambe
p2 = Mejía
p3 = Pedro Moncayo
p4 = Pedro Vincente Maldonado
p5 = Puerto Quito
p6 = Quito (DMQ)
p7 = Rumiñahui
p8 = San Miguel de los Bancos
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leader_title = Provincial Prefect
leader_name = Gustavo Baroja Narváez
established_title = Settled
established_date = 1534
established_title1 = Legal establishment
established_date1 = 1824
named_for = Pichincha Volcano
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population_as_of = 2001
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population_total = 2417116
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timezone = ECT
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postal_code = ISO 3166-2:EC-P
area_code = 593 2
website = http://www.pichincha.gov.ec/
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Pichincha is a province of Ecuador located in the northern sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito. It is bordered by Imbabura & Esmeraldas to the north, Cotopaxi & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south, Napo & Sucumbíos to the east, and Esmeraldas & Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the west.

Prior to 2008, the canton Santo Domingo de los Colorados was part of the Pichincha Province. It has since become its own province, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas.

Administrative Divisions

The province is divided into 8 cantons. The cantons, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:

# Cayambe (Cayambe)
# Mejía (Machachi)
# Pedro Moncayo (Tabacundo)
# Pedro Vicente Maldonado (Pedro Vicente Maldonado)
# Puerto Quito (Puerto Quito)
# Quito (Quito)
# Rumiñahui (Sangolquí)
# San Miguel de los Bancos (San Miguel de los Bancos)

External links

* [http://www.pichincha.gov.ec/ Provincial Prefecture's Official Page]

References

# [http://www.pichincha.gov.ec Gobierno de la Provincia Pichincha] Web site of the Pichincha prefecture
# [http://www.pichincha.gov.ec/paginas/cgiDespInfoCant.asp?txtCodiSecc=7&txtCodiSubSecc=6 Data of Pichincha] Geographical Data of the Provice. Web site of the Pichincha Prefecture