Central address: Unnamed Road, Quito, Ecuador
Elevation: 2930.100
Time Zone: America/Guayaquil
Latitude: 0° 10' 50.3508'' S
Longitude: 78° 28' 4.2168'' W
Quito (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkito]) (Quechua: Kitu; Aymara: Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city of Ecuador, and at an elevation of 2,850 metres (9,350 ft) above sea level, it is the highest official capital city in the world after La Paz, and the one which is closest to the equator. It is located in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With a population of 2,671,191 according to the last census (2014), Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil. It is also the capital of the Pichincha province and the seat of the Metropolitan District of Quito. The canton recorded a population of 2,239,191 residents in the 2010 national census. In 2008, the city was designated as the headquarters of the Union of South American Nations.
The latitude of Quito is -0.180653, and the longitude is -78.467838. Quito is a city is located at Ecuador with the gps coordinates of 0° 10' 50.3508'' S and 78° 28' 4.2168'' W. The elevation of Quito is 2930.100, the time zone is America/Guayaquil.
Latitude | -0.180653 | Longitude | -78.467838 |
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Elevation | 2930.100 | DMS Lat | 0° 10' 50.3508'' S |
DMS Lng | 78° 28' 4.2168'' W | GeoHASH | 6rbnyrj7wgg4z |
UTM Zone | 17M | UTM Easting | 781857.002839589 |
UTM Northing | 9980013.09945078 | Time Zone | America/Guayaquil |
Country | Ecuador | Country Code | 593 |