Quito | |
Settlement Type: | Town and urban parish |
Total Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Pichincha |
Subdivision Type2: | Canton |
Subdivision Name2: | Puerto Quito |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Narciza Párraga de Monar |
Established Title: | Settled |
Established Date: | 1965 |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Date1: | April 1, 1996 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1.51 |
Area Blank1 Title: | Parish |
Area Blank1 Km2: | 695.6 |
Elevation Max M: | 160 |
Elevation Min M: | 120 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3833 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Parish |
Population Blank1: | 25067 |
Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | ECT |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
Postal Code: | EC170950 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Am |
Website: | http://www.puertoquito.gov.ec/ |
Puerto Quito is a town and urban parish in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is a developing area for ecotourism, with an abundance of wildlife, secondary jungle and waterfalls such as the Cascada Azul (Blue Waterfall). It is beside a major bridge over the river Caoní on the main road from Quito to the coast. By road, Quito is 140 km away, or 3.5 hours by bus.
Although geographically part of the Sierra region of Ecuador, Puerto Quito's climate and geography is closer to that of the coastal region. It is in the tropical forest of Ecuador. As such, it has a higher temperature than the rest of the province, averaging around 25 degrees Celsius year-round. Average rainfall is between one and two meters a year.