Guayllabamba
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Guayllabamba is a small agricultural town (administratively, a rural parish of the canton of Quito
) located 29 kilometers northeast of the city of Quito
in northern Ecuador
. In the Ecuadorian national census of November 24, 2001, the parish had a population of 12,227 http://www.inec.gov.ec/interna.asp?inc=cs_tabla&idTabla=83&tipo=p&idProvincia=17&idSeccion=&idCiudad=51.
The Zoológico de Quito (Quito Zoo), which was originally in the Benalcázar parish of the city of Quito, was moved in 1997 to the southwest of the parish, and has been operated since 1999 by the Fundación Zoológica del Ecuador. The zoo is the largest zoo in Ecuador.
Quito (canton)
Quito, officially the Metropolitan District of Quito , is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.-Governance:The canton is governed by the same mayor and city council that govern the city of Quito.-Population figures:...
) located 29 kilometers northeast of the city of Quito
Quito
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...
in northern Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. In the Ecuadorian national census of November 24, 2001, the parish had a population of 12,227 http://www.inec.gov.ec/interna.asp?inc=cs_tabla&idTabla=83&tipo=p&idProvincia=17&idSeccion=&idCiudad=51.
The Zoológico de Quito (Quito Zoo), which was originally in the Benalcázar parish of the city of Quito, was moved in 1997 to the southwest of the parish, and has been operated since 1999 by the Fundación Zoológica del Ecuador. The zoo is the largest zoo in Ecuador.