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Fun fact 4 about Quito

FACHADA ASAMBLEA NACIONAL. QUITO, 20 DE FEBRERO 2020. 01
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The Basilica del Voto Nacional was once the largest neo-Gothic building in the New World.

Quito
Ecuador
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Quito

Ecuador

Country
Ecuador
Population
1.8M
Coordinates
-0.23, -78.52
176th most populous city in the world

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.

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Photo: Asamblea Nacional del Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0