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Pichincha Province

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Coordinates:0°15′S78°35′W / 0.250°S 78.583°W /-0.250; -78.583

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Province of Ecuador

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Province in Ecuador

Pichincha
Province
Province of Pichincha
Image of Virgin of El Panecillo or Virgin of Quito inEl Panecillo
Flag
Nickname(s): La Cuna de La Libertad English:The Cradle of Liberty
Location of Pichincha in Ecuador.
Cantons of Pichincha Province
Coordinates:0°15′S78°35′W / 0.250°S 78.583°W /-0.250; -78.583
Country	Ecuador
Established	June 25, 1824
Named after	Pichincha volcano
Capital	Quito
Cantons	List of Cantons Cayambe Mejía Pedro Moncayo Pedro Vicente Maldonado Puerto Quito Quito Rumiñahui San Miguel de los Bancos
Government
• Provincial Prefect	Paola Pabón
Area
• Total	9,444 km² (3,646 sq mi)
Population (2022 census)^[1]
• Total	3,089,473
• Rank	2nd in Ecuador
• Density	330/km² (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)
ISO 3166 code	EC-P
Vehicle registration	P
HDI (2018)	0.827^[2] very high ·1st
Website	www.pichincha.gov.ec

Pichincha (Spanish pronunciation:[piˈtʃintʃa]) is aprovince ofEcuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city isQuito. It is bordered byImbabura andEsmeraldas to the north,Cotopaxi andSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south,Napo andSucumbíos to the east, andEsmeraldas andSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the west.

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

The province is home to many rose plantations, which make up the bulk of Ecuador's floriculture industry.^[3]

Demographics

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Ethnic groups as of theEcuadorian census of 2010:^[4]

Mestizo 82.1%
White 6.3%
Indigenous 5.3%
Afro-Ecuadorian 4.5%
Montubio 1.3%
Other 0.4%

Administrative divisions

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Pichincha Provincial Council Tower, which holds the government offices of Pichincha Province

The province is divided into eightcantons.

Canton	Pop. (2001)	Area (km²)	Cantonization	Capital
Cayambe	69,800	1,187	July 23, 1883	Cayambe
Mejía	62,888	1,459	July 23, 1883	Machachi
Pedro Moncayo	25,594	333	Sep. 26, 1911	Tabacundo
Pedro Vicente Maldonado	9,965	657	Jan. 28, 1992	Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Puerto Quito	17,100	719	Apr. 1, 1996	Puerto Quito
Quito	1,839,853	4,204	Dec. 6, 1534	Quito
Rumiñahui	65,882	134	May 31, 1938	Sangolquí
San Miguel de Los Bancos	10,717	801	Feb. 14, 1991	San Miguel de los Bancos

Panoramic view from Wawa Pichincha: (from left) Ilaló, Antisana, Sincholagua, Quilindaña, Pasochoa, Cotopaxi, Rumiñawi, Atacazo, Corazón and Illinizas

References

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^Citypopulation.de Population and area of Pichincha Province
^Villalba, Juan."Human Development Index in Ecuador".Scribd (in Spanish). Retrieved2019-02-05.
^Conefrey, Mick (April 10, 2015)."Roses with altitude: why Ecuador's flower industry stands out".Financial Times. Retrieved30 July 2017.
^"Resultados"(PDF).

Gobierno de la Provincia Pichincha Web site of the Pichincha prefecture
Data of Pichincha Geographical Data of the Province. Web site of the Pichincha Prefecture

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toPichincha Province.

Provincial Prefecture's official page(in Spanish)

v t e Provinces of Ecuador
Province	Azuay Bolívar Cañar Carchi Chimborazo Cotopaxi El Oro Esmeraldas Galápagos Guayas Imbabura Loja Los Ríos Manabí Morona-Santiago Napo Orellana Pastaza Pichincha Santa Elena Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Sucumbíos Tungurahua Zamora-Chinchipe
Former Provinces	Azogues Cuenca Guayaquil Napo Pastaza León Oriente Santiago Zamora Veintemilla