Quito a hukumanceSan Francisco de Quito, babban birninEcuador ne, wanda ke da yawan jama'a kusan miliyan 2.8 a cikin biranensa. Shi ne kuma babban birnin lardin Pichincha . Quito tana cikin wani kwari a kan gangaren gabas na Pichincha, wani nau'in wuta mai ƙarfi a cikinAndes, a tsayin 2,850 ., hakan ya mayar data birni na biyu mafi girma a duniya.[1]
Quito ita ce cibiyar siyasa da al'adu ta Ecuador kamar yadda manyan hukumomin gwamnati, gudanarwa, da al'adu na ƙasar ke cikin birni. Yawancin kamfanonin kasashen waje da ke da zama a Ecuador suna da hedikwata a can. Har ila yau, ɗaya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin masana'antu biyu na ƙasar - tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ta Guayaquil ita ce ɗayan.
Masanin ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi na Amurka Robert E. Bell ne ya tono mafi dadewa na kasancewar ɗan adam a Quito a cikin 1960, akan gangaren dutsen dutsen Ilaló, wanda ke tsakanin kwarin gabashin Los Chillos da Tumbaco. Mafarauta-gatherers sun bar kayan aikin gilashin obsidian, kwanan wata zuwa 8000 BC. Wannan wurin binciken kayan tarihi, mai sunaEI Inga, Allen Graffham ne ya kawo hankalin Robert Bell. Yayin da yake aiki a matsayin masanin ilimin ƙasa a Ecuador, Graffham ya bi sha'awar mai son ilimin kayan tarihi. Ya yi abubuwan tattarawa a wurin a lokacin 1956.[2] Sha'awar Graffham a baya game da Paleo-Indiya ta rage, da kuma gogewarsa game da kayan aikin ɗan adam na farko a Kansas da Nebraska a Tsakiyar Tsakiyar Amurka, ya sa ya yarda cewa rukunin yanar gizon wani muhimmin bincike ne.[3]
