PICHINCHA PROVINCE

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'Pichincha' is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is the city of Quito, which is also the nation's capital. The province contains the Pichincha Volcano. Pichincha borders the provinces of Imbabura, Cotopaxi, Esmeraldas, Manabí, Los Ríos, Napo and Sucumbíos.
Pichincha has the code 'EC-P'.
The last remaining members of the Tsachila tribe live in Santo Domingo de los Colorados.

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Political division

External links

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Political division

The province is divided into 9 cantons. The cantons, with their capitals in parenthesis, are:
# Cayambe (Cayambe)
# Mejía (Machachi)
# Pedro Moncayo (Tabacundo)
# Pedro Vicente Maldonado (Pedro Vicente Maldonado)
# Puerto Quito (Puerto Quito)
# Quito (Quito)
# Rumiñahui (Sangolquí)
# San Miguel de los Bancos (San Miguel de los Bancos)
# Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Santo Domingo de los Colorados)

External links

★ Provincial Prefecture's Official Page

References

#Gobierno de la Provincia Pichincha Web site of the Pichincha prefecture