Cayambe Kayampi | |
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City | |
 Calle 23 de Julio | |
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| Motto: It is my passion (Es mi Pasion) | |
  Cayambe Location of Cayambe within Pichincha and Ecuador | |
| Coordinates:0°02′38″N78°09′22″W / 0.04389°N 78.15611°W /0.04389; -78.15611 | |
| County | Ecuador |
| Province | Pichincha |
| Canton | Cayambe |
| Legal creation | July 23, 1883 |
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| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alberto Masapanta (2023-2027) |
| • Vice Mayor | Ana María Lema Valencia |
| Area | |
• City | 11.71 km2 (4.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,830 m (9,280 ft) |
| Population (Census 2022-10-01)[1] | |
• City | 44,559 |
| • Density | 3,805/km2 (9,855/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (ECT) |
| Climate | 14°Csb |
Cayambe is an agricultural servicecity (population 44,559 at the last census on October 1, 2022) in highlandEcuador. It lies at the foot of theCayambevolcano. While the city is mainly peopled bymestizos, the surrounding rural population is primarily composed ofindigenous people who are mainly involved insubsistence agriculture,dairy farming and procurement oflumber. It is the third-largest city in Pichincha Province.
Cayambe's indigenous people of today are descendants of the pre-Inca Kayambi people. The Kayambi were resistant to Inca expansion and were only definitively conquered byHuayna Capac (the eleventhSapa Inca of theInca Empire) after a bloody 20-year war. At that time, the Kayambi people adopted theKichwa language, a dialect of theQuechuafamily of languages. Not long afterwards, in the 16th century, the firstSpanishconquistadores arrived in the region. Kichwa survives in some of thehamlets today, while in others it has given way toSpanish.[citation needed]
The town of Cayambe is the seat of thecanton ofCayambe.
The area hosts numerousflowerplantations, whose products are destined for the overseascut flower market. Among the local food products, better known arecheese andbiscochos de Cayambe (a crumblybiscuit).[citation needed]
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