Quito, Spanish and the dollar help you get your bearings in Ecuador
The capital, language and currency offer a starting point for locating Ecuador. What these details tell you—and what to check before planning your trip.
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Quito is Ecuador’s capital, located in Pichincha Province. The available information identifies it as a national reference point but does not detail its neighbourhoods or attractions.
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What makes it special
- Capital of Ecuador
- Located in Pichincha Province
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- Ecuador · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q736
- Ecuador · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q2347797
- Ecuador · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q5250951
- Ecuador · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Quito · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Quito · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Quito, Quito Canton, Pichincha, 170130, Ecuador · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Ecuador · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Ecuador · DBpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · DBpedia
- Turismo comunitario en Ecuador.: Comprendiendo el community-based tourism desde la comunidad · OpenAlex · CC0 1.0 · OpenAlex
- Turismo comunitario en Ecuador: Apuntes en tiempos de pandemia · OpenAlex · CC0 1.0 · OpenAlex
- Sostenibilidad Patrimonial: La Simbiosis entre el Turismo y la Preservación de los Yacimientos Arqueológicos en Ecuador · OpenAlex · CC0 1.0 · OpenAlex
- Ambiente, sociedad y turismo comunitario: La etnia Saraguro en Loja – Ecuador · OpenAlex · CC0 1.0 · OpenAlex
- Turismo comunitario y desarrollo local: el caso de Yunguilla en Ecuador · OpenAlex · CC0 1.0 · OpenAlex
- Quito · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q2900
- Mariscal Sucre International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0 (base de datos) / DbCL 1.0 (contenidos) · Mariscal Sucre International Airport · OpenFlights · ODbL 1.0
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Profile updated: 30/09/2026