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Puellaro Destination Guide

Explore Puellaro in Ecuador

Puellaro in the region of Pichincha is a town in Ecuador - some 22 mi or ( 36 km ) North of Quito , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Puellaro is now 01:46 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guayaquil " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Tulcan, Santa Rosa de Cusubamba, San Antonio, Riobamba, and Quito. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Tulcan . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Puellaro ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Mojanda - (20) may-23-2010[1]

2:00 min by yeti616
Views: 353 Rating: 5.00

Salida de la Laguna ..

Equator - Drains and Balance

1:42 min by TakeThatVacation
Views: 24 Rating: 0.00

Watch water drain exactly over the equator with no spin, then in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres where there is spin. The portable drain is moved a few feet to accomplish this at Museo de Sitio ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Monjas River

Monjas River is located in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It has been associated with environmental problems because of the discharge from nearby factories.

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Located at 0.03 -78.42 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Rivers of Ecuador

Pululagua

Pululagua is a dormant volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, approximately west-southwest of Mojanda and north of Casitahua volcanoes. Pululagua's caldera is approximately 5 km wide. The volcano is within an Ecuadorian national park known as Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua.

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Located at 0.04 -78.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Quito Canton, Volcanic calderas, Volcanoes of Ecuador

Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve

Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua (Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve) is a protected area around Pululuhua Volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It is 17 km north of Quito, in the northwestern part of the Pomasqui Valley.

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Located at 0.04 -78.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Nature reserves in Ecuador, Quito Canton

Catequilla

Catequilla (also Kati-Killa) is an archaeological site in the Pomasqui Valley of Ecuador. Located in the Parish of San Antonio, near Quito, it has an elevation of 2,638 metres . Attributed to the Pre-Columbian era Quitu-Cara culture, it was presumably used as an astronomical observatory even before the arrival of the Incas, and is the only prehispanic site known to be exactly at Equator.

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Located at 0.00 -78.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Ancient astronomical observatories, Archaeological sites in Ecuador

Pomasqui Valley

Pomasqui Valley is a valley on the northern outskirts of Quito, Ecuador. It is located on the equator, the so-called "Mitad del Mundo", at an altitude of around 2,600 metres above sea level. Hot and semi-arid, it is formed by a river tributary. The valley contains the Cerro de Catequilla, which contains the pre-Columbian astronomical observatory, Catequilla. The village of Pomasqui itself lies roughly 6 kilometres from the equator.

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Located at 0.00 -78.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Quito, Quito Canton, Valleys of Ecuador