Pichincha

Pichincha is a province of located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is . It is bordered by and to the north, and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south, and to the east, and and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the west.
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  • Type: province of Ecuador with 2,580,000 residents
  • Description: province of Ecuador
  • Also known as: EC-P”, “Pichincha Province”, and “Picjhincha

Places of Interest

Highlights include Terminal terrestre Carcelén and Colegio Americano de Quito.

Bus station
is a bus station.

School
The Fundación or is a private college preparatory school in Quito, Ecuador. In 1940 it was founded by the former president of and the president of the Organization of American States Galo Plaza Lasso, and Boaz Long.

Church
is a church, which is situated 7 km east of Pichincha.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calacalí and Chaupicruz.

Village
is a rural parish of , Pichincha Province, . It is northwest of Casitagua Volcano and southwest of Pululagua Volcano. In the central square of there is an equator monument. is situated 9 km north of Pichincha.

Neighborhood
is an electoral parish or district of , the capital city of in northwestern . The parish was established as a result of the October 2004 political elections when the city was divided into 19 urban electoral parishes. is situated 9 km south of Pichincha.

Pichincha

Latitude
-0.0833° or 0° 5′ south
Longitude
-78.5° or 78° 30′ west
Population
2,580,000
Elevation
2,796 metres (9,173 feet)
Open location code
67F3WG82+M2
Geo­Names ID
3653224
Wiki­data ID
Q272586
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Pichincha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بشنتشا
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بيتشينتشا
  • Armenian: Պիչինչա
  • Basque: Pichincha probintzia
  • Belarusian: Пічынча
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Пічынча
  • Bengali: পিচিঞ্চা প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Пичинча
  • Catalan: Província de Pichincha
  • Cebuano: Provincia de Pichincha
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Pichincha
  • Chinese: Pichincha Séng
  • Chinese: 皮欽查省
  • Chinese: 皮钦查省
  • Danish: Pichincha Province
  • Dutch: Pichincha
  • Esperanto: Pichincha
  • Esperanto: Provinco Pichincha
  • Finnish: Pichincha
  • Finnish: Pichinchan provinssi
  • French: Pichincha
  • French: Province de Pichincha
  • Galician: Provincia de Pichincha
  • Georgian: პიჩინჩის პროვინცია
  • German: Pichincha
  • German: Provinz Pichincha
  • Greek: Πιτσίντσα
  • Gujarati: પિચિન્ચા પ્રાંત
  • Hindi: पिचिंचा प्रांत
  • Hungarian: Pichincha tartomány
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Pichincha
  • Italian: provincia del Pichincha
  • Italian: Provincia del Pichincha
  • Japanese: ピチンチャ州
  • Japanese: ピチンチャ県
  • Kannada: ಪಿಚಿಂಚಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 피친차주
  • Ladino: Pichincha
  • Latvian: Pičinčas province
  • Lithuanian: Pičinčos provincija
  • Malay: Pichincha Province
  • Maltese: Pichincha
  • Marathi: पिचिनचा प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Pichincha Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Pichincha (Prowins)
  • Northern Frisian: Pichincha
  • Northern Sami: Pichincha
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pichincha
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Provinsen Pichincha
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Pichinchaprovinsen
  • Norwegian: Pichincha
  • Ossetian: Пичинчæ (провинци)
  • Ossetian: Пичинчæ
  • Persian: استان پیچینچا
  • Polish: Pichincha
  • Polish: Prowincja Pichincha
  • Portuguese: Pichincha
  • Portuguese: Província de Pichincha
  • Quechua: Pichincha marka
  • Quechua: Pichincha
  • Russian: Пичинча
  • Scots: Pichincha Province
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pichincha (provincija)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pichincha
  • Sinhala: පිචින්චා පළාත, ඉක්වදෝරය
  • Sinhala: පිචින්චා පළාත
  • Slovenian: Provinca Pinchincha
  • Spanish: Pichincha
  • Spanish: Provincia de Pichincha
  • Swedish: Pichincha
  • Tamil: பிசைஞ்சா மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: పిచించా ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: పిచించా రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดปิชินชา
  • Turkish: Pichincha ili
  • Turkish: Pichincha
  • Ukrainian: Пічинча
  • Ukrainian: Пічінча
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Пічінча
  • Urdu: پیچینچا صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Pichincha
  • Waray (Philippines): Pichincha
  • Wayuu: Pichiincha
  • Welsh: Talaith Pichincha
  • Western Armenian: Փիչինիչա
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ پچینچا
  • Wu Chinese: 皮钦查省

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