Fun fact 2 about Quito
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Quito is the only capital city that was developed so close to an active volcano.
Quito
Ecuador
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Quito
Ecuador
Country
Ecuador
Population
1.8M
Coordinates
-0.23, -78.52
Quito, officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is in a valley on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes.
From the “Geography” section
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Photo: Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0