Official Name: | Rumiñahui |
Native Name: | Rumiñawi |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Flag Size: | 100px |
Seal Size: | 70px |
Image Map1: | Rumiñahui in Pichincha (Ecuador).svg |
Map Caption1: | Rumiñahui Canton in Pichincha Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Name1: | Pichincha Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Sangolquí |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 31 May 1938 |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 135.3 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 107904 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Website: | http://www.ruminahui.gob.ec |
Rumiñahui (in Hispanicized spelling, pronounced as /es/) or Rumiñawi (Quechua rumi stone, ñawi eye,[2] "stone eye") is a canton of Pichincha Province in Ecuador. Its seat is Sangolquí. The canton lies southeast of Quito Canton and forms a suburb of Quito.[3]
Rumiñahui was named a Pueblo Mágico by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) in 2020. It was the first canton in Pichincha to be awarded that distinction.[4]
The canton is made up of the following parishes: