The Presidential Palace in Quito old town , Ecuador Equateur Le palais presidentiel

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Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and most important city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of the Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. With an estimated population of about million people as of 2007, Quito is the second most populous city in Ecuador, after Guayaquil. It is also the seat of the Quito Metropolitan District, home to 2 million residents, and the capital of the Pichincha province. As the headquarters of the newly-formed Union of South American Nations, Quito is also the de facto capital of South American integration.

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Quito Ecuador South America
Photo credit: © Daniel Valla FRPS / Alamy / Afripics
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