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In Quito the first use of the title of mayor, or alcalde in Spanish, was established in 1946. Since then, 24 men have held the position with an average time in office of just over 3 years. Prior to 1946, and dating back to the mid-18th century, the chief executive was known only as President of the Metropolitan Council of Quito.
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).
Palacio Arzobispal de Quito - Anónimo - 19th century - (siglo XIX) Plaza de la Independencia. Although the first colonial town square was what today is known as Plazoleta Benalcázar, this has always been considered as tentative as it got up a path suitable for novice Spanish town of Quito.
La Floresta is an electoral parish (Spanish: parroquia electoral urbana) or district of Quito, the capital city of Ecuador. The parish was established as a result of the October 2006 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes.
Ford CEO Jim Farley has a message for the Trump administration: Our profits will be run over if you hit the world with tariff hikes."There's no question that tariffs at [the] 25% level from Canada ...
The new Quito International Airport is located on the Oyambaro plain near the town of Tababela, about 18 kilometers (11 mi) east of Quito, Ecuador. The location was chosen in order to expand the capacity of the city's airport. The old airport posed enormous risks because it was located in the middle of a mountainous city with high wind currents.
The station at Plaza de San Francisco (by the San Francisco monastery), is the only station placed in the historic center of Quito (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978). [3] Due to archaeological remains found at the proposed site of the San Francisco station in late 2016, the station was moved two blocks further south to the Plaza ...
Postal codes in Ecuador have six numeric digits. The first two specify the province, the next two the district and the final two the zip code.For example, in the postal code 170515, 17 is Pichincha Province, 05 is the district and 15 the ZIP.