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Explore Pomasqui in Ecuador

Pomasqui in the region of Pichincha is a place in Ecuador - some 13 mi or ( 22 km ) North of Quito , the country's capital city .

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Time in Pomasqui is now 03:19 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guayaquil " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Zambiza, Tulcan, Riobamba, Quito, and Pomasqui. Since you are here already, consider visiting Zambiza . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Pomasqui ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Radio Tanketa - El Sapo (Video oficial)

3:41 min by RADIOTANKETA
Views: 9022 Rating: 4.94

Rodaje: Loop Producciones Producción y edición: Pablini PV, Mama Records www.facebook.com Letra y música: Camilo Urbano Músicos Invitados: Pablo Pástor (Acordeón) Grabación y mezcla: Alexis "Matico" P ..

Aterrizando en Quito

2:02 min by mbnyus
Views: 2167 Rating: 5.00

This video was shooted from the right window of the plane, this allowed to view the beauty of the city. You can see very clearly the volcano Pichincha and some important places of the city like the Co ..


Radio Tanketa - El Sapo (Teaser)

0:25 min by RADIOTANKETA
Views: 1605 Rating: 5.00

Rodaje: Loop Producciones Producción y edición: Pablini PV, Mama Records www.facebook.com Letra y música: Camilo Urbano Músicos Invitados: Pablo Pástor (Acordeón) Grabación y mezcla: Alexis "Matico" P ..

Jet City Amplification JCA100H Mini Test

0:37 min by Diego Saldarriaga
Views: 96 Rating: 3.67

Just me goofing around with my gear: JCA100H + JCA48S Epiphone Les Paul Standard with EMG 81 X 85 X Maxon OD9 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Pomasqui

Pomasqui is a village in Quito Canton, Ecuador. Located 16 kilometres north of Quito, and 6 kilometres from the equator, it is on the road to Ciudad Mitad del Mundo. The village's main plaza, Plaza Yerovi, features two churches, the Church of El Senor del Arbol ("the Lord of the Tree"), as well as the parish church, which contains some religious paintings which are considered odd. Santa Clara is the patron saint of Pomasqui.

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Located at -0.05 -78.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Populated places in Pichincha Province

San Antonio de Pichincha

San Antonio de Pichincha, or simply San Antonio, also but less frequently known by its older name San Antonio de Lulumpamba, is a rural parish of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The seat of the parish lies in an arid plain with sandy soil known as Lulumpamba. The Quechua language name of the plain means plain of fruit(s). It is southeast of Pululahua Volcano and east of Casitagua Volcano. In the village there is also a Lulumpamba street named after the plain.

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Located at -0.01 -78.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Parishes of Quito Canton

Casitahua

Casitahua is a dormant, eroded volcano in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian Andes, between Pululagua Volcano to the north and Pichincha Volcano approximately to the southwest. Casitahua's caldera is open approximately towards the west-northwest.

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Located at -0.03 -78.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Quito Canton, Volcanoes of Ecuador

Ciudad Mitad del Mundo

The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Spanish: Middle of the World City) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, north of the center of Quito. The grounds contain the Museo Etnográfico Mitad del Mundo, a museum about the indigenous ethnography of Ecuador.

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Located at -0.00 -78.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Monuments and memorials 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 6 km away
Tags: Ancient astronomical observatories, Archaeological sites in Ecuador

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