City of Quito
World Heritage
Ecuador
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Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an ancient Inca city, 2,850 meters above sea level. Despite an earthquake in 1917, the city is the best-preserved and least historic city in Latin America. The Convents of San Francisco and Santo Domingo, as well as the Church of La Compañía and the Jesuit College, have magnificent interiors and are pure examples of the "Quito Baroque", a blend of Spanish, Italian, Moorish, Flemish and indigenous styles. Art.
# Historical sites
# Ecuador's capital
# Convent of San Francesco
# Convent of Santo Domingo
# Church of La Compaña
# Quito Baroque
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Information extracted from Wikidata
| Commons category | Quito |
| patron saint | Francis of Assisi |
| located in time zone | UTC−05:00 |
| local dialing code | 2 |
| inception | 1534-12-16T00:00:00Z |
| coordinate location | Point(-78.509722 -0.218611) |
| official website | http://www.quito.gob.ec/ |
| topic's main category | Category:Quito |
| Commons gallery | Quito |
| page banner | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quito%20banner%20Virgen%20de%20Quito.jpg |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 2--86613 |
| U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10044972 |
| OmegaWiki Defined Meaning | 457808 |
| capital of | Quito Metro |
| start time | 1830-05-13T00:00:00Z |
| official name | San Francisco de Quito |
| demonym | Quitonian |
| demonym | Kitano |
| elevation above sea level | 2850 |
| area | 372.39 |
| collage image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quito%20montage.png |
| collage image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Quito.jpg |
| category for maps | Category:Maps of Quito |
| GitHub topic | quito |
| uses | 4116883-5 |
| official language | Spanish |
| flag image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flag%20of%20Quito.svg |
| coat of arms image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coat%20of%20Arms%20of%20Quito.svg |
| located in the administrative territorial entity | Quito Metro |
| flag | flag of Quito |
| twinned administrative body | Cali |
| twinned administrative body | Santo Domingo |
| twinned administrative body | Olmeda del Rey |
| twinned administrative body | list of Aegean place names in the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III |
| twinned administrative body | Toronto |
| twinned administrative body | Kraków |
| ISNI | 0000 0001 2298 4889 |
| coat of arms | Coat of arms of Quito |
| executive body | Quito |
| location of creation | Quito |
| U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10044972 |
| official language | Quito Metro |
| IPA transcription | 2070450 |
| number of rooms | lccn-n80046224 |
| office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/01dtq1 |
| postal code | EC170150 |
| population | 1978376 |
| point in time | 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| population | 2011388 |
| point in time | 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| population | 1607734 |
| point in time | 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| described by source | Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia |
| page(s) | 448 |
| volume | 5 |
| demonym | Quiteña |
| applies to part | feminine singular |
| demonym | Quiténien |
| applies to part | masculine singular |
| demonym | Quiténienne |
| applies to part | feminine singular |
| demonym | Quiteño |
| applies to part | masculine singular |
| Libris-URI | https://libris.kb.se/wt7988jf371spbk |
| Libris-URI | wt7988jf371spbk |
| head of government | Camarma de Esteruelas |
| start time | 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| end time | 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z |