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La Quinta Destination Guide

Delve into La Quinta in Ecuador

La Quinta in the region of Pichincha is a city in Ecuador - some 40 mi or ( 65 km ) North-East of Quito , the country's capital .

Interactive map of La Quinta

Current time in La Quinta is now 05:27 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guayaquil " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Tupigachi, Tabacundo, Silleria, Sigsal Alto, and Santa Teresa. While being here, make sure to check out Tupigachi . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in La Quinta ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Mercado Central Cayambe, Ecuador

5:12 min by annbens
Views: 2068 Rating: 5.00

Short impression of Cayambe's Mercado Central, Ecuador. October 2010. ..

8. Ecuador. Principio del segundo viaje. Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia. Marco Monteros. Viaje en moto.

6:47 min by mamm4u
Views: 1149 Rating: 4.00

Algunas fotografías y extractos de videos fueron tomados durante mi estadía en Ecuador, en los seis meses que antecedieron mis ganas y decisión final de continuar con la aventura en moto que comencé e ..


Ecuador Walking The Path Of Light in the Valley of the Dawn.

6:31 min by kenherft
Views: 988 Rating: 4.67

A Trip of a lifetime...... You can walk as Shaman's have walk for thousands of years.....Trusting the Path..Reconnecting with nature...www.earthsummitllc.com for more information.. Directed by Ken Her ..

MC AIESEC IN ECUADOR ROLL CALL LDS 2008

4:22 min by HenrytheAIESECer
Views: 550 Rating: 5.00

Facis + MC Roll Call dance at the Leadership Development Seminar of AIESEC in Ecuador in Quito, November 2008. Check out those moves! ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Estadio Guillermo Albornoz

Estadio Guillermo Albornoz is a multi-use stadium in Cayambe, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Cuniburo Fútbol Club. The stadium holds 12,000 people.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 0.05 -78.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Football venues in Ecuador

Tabacundo

Tabacundo is the seat of Pedro Moncayo Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. Tabacundo is on the southeastern foothills of Mojanda Volcano. It is northeast of the city of Quito and west of the city of Cayambe.

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Located at 0.05 -78.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Populated places in Pichincha Province

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. It hosted members of the French Geodesic Mission, Gabriel García Moreno, an Ecuadorian former president; Neptalí Bonifaz, first president of Central Bank of Ecuador.

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Located at 0.02 -78.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Quito, Tourism in Ecuador, Visitor attractions in Ecuador

1868 Ecuador earthquakes

The 1868 Ecuador earthquakes occurred at 19:30 UTC on August 15 and 06:30 UTC on 16 August 1868. They caused severe damage in the northeastern part of Ecuador and in southwestern Colombia. They had an estimated magnitude of 6.3 and 6.7 and together caused up to 70,000 casualties. The earthquake of 15 August occurred near El Angel, Carchi Province, close to the border with Colombia, while that of August 16 occurred near Ibarra in Imbabura Province.

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Located at 0.31 -78.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 1868 earthquakes, 1868 in Colombia, 1868 in Ecuador, Earthquakes in Colombia, Earthquakes in Ecuador

Mojanda

Mojanda is an inactive stratovolcano of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes in northern Ecuador. A summit caldera, which was produced by an explosive Plinian Eruption that marked the end of Mojanda activity 200,000 years ago, is presently occupied by three crater lakes: Caricocha (the largest), Yanacocha, and Huarmicocha. Having received protected status in 2002, they are a popular tourist destination and are about 20 minutes taxi ride from the largely indigenous town of Otavalo.

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Located at 0.13 -78.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Crater lakes, Quito Canton, Stratovolcanoes, Subduction volcanoes, Volcanoes of Ecuador