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The 2023 Ecuadorian local elections were held on 5 February 2023, alongside the 2023 Ecuadorian constitutional referendum. These elections determined 23 prefects, 23 vice-prefects, 221 mayors, 868 urban councilors, 437 rural councilors, and 4,084 principal members of the parish councils. [1] The previous elections were held in 2019.
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).
1 Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01 [3]. In addition, there were four areas that were non-delimited. These locations were: Las Golondrinas: In a referendum held on 3 April 2016, 56.9% of voters voted in favor of Las Golondrinas being incorporated into the Imbabura Province.
The official inauguration was held on 21 December 2022, [5] and commercial service started with some tests with passengers on 2 May 2023. [6] After technical problems plagued the launch, service was shut down on 11 May. [7] Later that year, the Quito metro initiated its commercial operations on 1 December 2023. [8]
Southeast: Building of the Municipality of Quito (Municipio de Quito) Northeast: Archbishop's Palace and Hotel Plaza Grande (Palace Hidalgo) Northwest: Palacio de Carondelet (presidential palace of Ecuador) Southwest: Cathedral of Quito; In addition, at the corners of the Plaza Grande, are four more notable buildings: Banco del Pichincha ...
El Nacional is the third most titled team in Ecuador's history, with 13 league titles and 2 Copa Ecuador. [85] América de Quito is one of the most traditional clubs in the city, but has recently played in the lower divisions. The professional teams in the city are: América de Quito; Aucas; Deportivo Quito; El Nacional; LDU Quito; Universidad ...
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.