Quito Canton

Quito, officially the Metropolitan District of Quito (Spanish: Distrito Metropolitano de Quito), is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.

For other uses, see Quito (disambiguation).

Quito
Canton
Metropolitan District of Quito
Flag Seal
Location of Pichincha Province in Ecuador.
Quito Canton in Pichincha Province
Country	Ecuador
Province	Pichincha
Named for	Quitu
Seat	Quito
Government
• Mayor	Pabel Muñoz
Area
• Canton	4,196 km2 (1,620 sq mi)
Highest elevation	4,500 m (14,800 ft)
Lowest elevation	2,400 m (7,900 ft)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• Canton	2,679,722
• Density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
• Urban	1,763,275
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)
Website	https://www.quito.gob.ec/

Governance

Main article: Municipality of Quito

The canton is governed by the same mayor and city council that govern the city of Quito.

Independence Square Historic Center

Population figures

According to the 2001 census, the total population of Quito (not the city itself) is 1,839,853, with 892,570 men and 947,283 women. According to the 2007 estimates, it is 1,840,000. Of this, the population of the urban parishes (the city of Quito itself) was 1,399,378, and the population of the rural parishes (outside of the city of Quito but still within the canton) was 440,475.^[2] The total population density of the canton is 439.8 inhabitants per km² (1139.1/mi²). The total number of households in the canton is 555,928, with 419,845 in the urban area (the city) and 136,083 in the rural area.^[3] Of the 1,407,526 inhabitants of the canton over the age of 12, 639,068 are married, 541,758 are single, 33,116 are divorced, 30,898 are separated, and 47,930 are widowed.^[4]

Overall, the canton's illiteracy rate is 4.3% – 5.3% for women, 3.2% for men, 3.6% in the urban area (the city), and 6.6% in the rural area.^[5] The unemployment rate of the city is 8.9%, and 43.8% are underemployed.^[6] The average monthly income is $317.^[7]

Political divisions

The canton is divided into 55 parishes (Spanish: parroquias), classified as either urban or rural. The canton has more parishes than any other canton in Ecuador. The urban parishes make up the city of Quito. (map):

Rural parishes Alangasi Amaguaña Alangasí Atahualpa Calacalí Calderón Chabezpamba Checa Cumbayá Gualea Gualea Cruz Guangopolo Guayllabamba Llano Chico Lloa Merced, La Nanegal Nanegalito Nayón Nono Pacto Perucho Pifo Pintag Pomasqui Puellaro Puembo El Quinche San Antonio de Pichincha San José de Minas Tababela Tumbaco Yaruquí Zámbiza

Urban parishes Argelia, La Belisario Quevedo Carcelén Centro Histórico Chilibulo Chillogallo Chimbacalle Cochapamba Comité del Pueblo Concepción, La Condado, El Cotocollao Ecuatoriana, La Ferroviaria, La Guamaní Inca, El Iñaquito Itchimbía Jipijapa Kennedy La Libertad Magdalena Mariscal Sucre Mena, La Ponceano Puengasí Quitumbe Rumipamba San Bartolo San Juan Solanda Turubamba

A double-decker tourist bus in front of The Presidential Palace in the Historic Center of Quito.

Administrative zones

The canton is divided into 11 administrative zones that decentralize the municipality and participate in a system of active management. Each zone, classified as either urban or suburban, has their own administrator and contain can both urban and rural parishes. They are (parishes covered in parentheses):

Urban Sur (Chillogallo, La Ecuatoriana, Guamaní, Quitumbe, Turubamba) Centro Sur (La Argelia, Chilibulo, Chimbacalle, La Ferrovaria, Lloa, La Magdalena, La Mena, San Bartolo, Solanda) Centro (Centro Histórico, Itchimbia, La Libertad, Puengasí, San Juan) Centro Norte (Belisario Quevedo, Cochapamba, La Concepción, El Inca, Iñaquito, Jipijapa, Kennedy, Mariscal Sucre, Nayón, Rumipamba, Zámbiza) Norte (Calacalí, Carcelén, Comité del Pueblo, El Concado, Cotocallao, Nono, Pomasquí, Ponceano, San Antonio)

Suburban Noroccidental (Gualea, Nanegal, Nanegalito, Pacto) Norcentral (Atahualpa, Chavezpamba, Perucho, Puellero, San José de Minas) Calderón (Calderón, Llano Chico) Tumbaco (Cumbayá, Tumbaco) Los Chillos (Alangasí, Amaguaña, Conocoto, Guangopolo, La Merced, Pintag) Aeropuerto (Checa, Guayllabamba, Pifo, Puembo, El Quinche, Tababela, Yaruquí)

Hotel Plaza Grande is located in the Plaza de la Independencia, Historic Center of Quito

Hotel Plaza Grande

References

1. Citypopulation.de
2. "INEC". Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. Retrieved April 19, 2005.
3. "INEC". Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. Retrieved April 19, 2005.
4. "INEC". Archived from the original on June 9, 2006. Retrieved April 19, 2005.
5. "INEC". Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. Retrieved April 19, 2005.
6. "INEC". Archived from the original on December 7, 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2005.
7. "INEC". Archived from the original on December 7, 2004. Retrieved April 19, 2005.

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