Hacienda Guachalá
The Hacienda Guachalá is known as the oldest hacienda in Ecuador, and the most important hacienda until the middle of the 20th century. The oldest buildings date from the year 1580, and at its apogee comprised more than 21000 ha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Diego Tirira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: hacienda in Cayambe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
- Also known as: “Guachala”, “Guachalá”, and “Hacienda Guachala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Solar Museum and Guachala Castle.
Solar Museum
Museum
Photo: Cristocobo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Quitsato Sundial is a cultural-tourist place located at La Mitad Del Mundo, near to Cayambe, 47 km north of Quito, Ecuador. It was built in 2006 and inaugurated in 2007 as an independent, non-profit project in a 24,756 ft2 area.
Guachala Castle
Photo: Héctor López, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Guachala Castle is situated 2½ km east of Hacienda Guachalá.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cayambe.
Cayambe
Town
Photo: Diego Tirira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cayambe is an agricultural service city in highland Ecuador. It lies at the foot of the Cayambe volcano. While the city is mainly peopled by mestizos, the surrounding rural population is primarily composed of indigenous people who are mainly involved in subsistence agriculture, dairy farming and procurement of lumber. Cayambe is situated 7 km northeast of Hacienda Guachalá.
Hacienda Guachalá
- Categories: hacienda and locality
- Location: Cangahua, Cayambe Canton, Pichincha, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-0.00843° or 0° 0′ 30″ southLongitude
-78.18276° or 78° 10′ 58″ westElevation
2,737 metres (8,980 feet)Open location code
67F3XRR8+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1143861182OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Hacienda Guachalá” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hacienda Guachalá”
- Spanish: “Hacienda Guachala”
- Spanish: “Hacienda Guachalá”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hacienda Guachalá”. Photo: Diego Tirira, CC BY-SA 2.0.