Mejía is a
canton in the province of
Pichincha in northern
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
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[, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] It is named after Ecuadorian political figure José Mejía Lequerica. The canton includes a volcano in the Central Cordillera of the Ecuadorian
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
called
Rumiñahui. The seat of the canton is called
Machachi
Machachi is the canton seat of Mejía Canton in the Pichincha province of Ecuador.
Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador, Quito. It is a city surrounded by the volcanos Atacazo, Corazon, Rumiñahui, Illinizas Peaks, V ...
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Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador,
Quito
Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...
. It is a very beautiful city surrounded by the volcanos
Atacazo,
Corazon,
Rumiñahui,
Illinizas peaks,
Viudita hill,
Pasochoa,
Sincholagua and is also owns part of the
Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi () is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located near Latacunga city of Cotopaxi Province, about south of Quito, and northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador. It is the second highest summit in Ecuador (after Chim ...
volcano, a great active volcano which measures 5,897 m (19,347 ft) in altitude. The valley contains 8 volcanoes, the reasons why Alexander von Humboldt named the region Avenue of Volcanoes.
In the Panzaleo language, Machachi means "Great active land." Machachi is the cradle of many slopes, and the same ground is a perennial thermal and mineral water outcrop. In the fertile valleys of San Pedro there are approximately 22 sources of chemicals which have invaluable theurapeutical properties.
Machachi has a similar temperature to Quito, fluctuating from 19°C (66°F) average high to 10°C (50°F) average low. These averages are for the whole year with the dry months being June, July and August.
See also
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Cotopaxi National Park
Cotopaxi National Park () is a protected area in Ecuador situated in the Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador, Cotopaxi, Napo Province, Ecuador, Napo and Pichincha Province, Ecuador, Pichincha provinces, roughly south of Quito. The Cotopaxi, Cotopaxi volc ...
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Illinizas Ecological Reserve
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Pasochoa Wildlife Refuge
References
Cantons of Pichincha Province
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