Definitions for "Quito"
Quito (official name: San Francisco de Quito) is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in northern Ecuador (see http://mapmachine.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/viewandcustomize.html?task=getMap&themeId=100&sext=-82.1,-2.56,-74.9,2.12&iext=-82.1,-2.56,-74.9,2.12&ext=-82.1,-2.56,-74.9,2.12 NG MapMachine satellite map) in the Guayllabamba river basin on the eastern slopes of the Pichincha http://www.igepn.edu.ec/vulcanologia/pichincha/pichincha.htm ( 15,728 ft; 4,795 m), an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains. The city's elevation is 9,300 ft (2,850 m) above sea level (measured at the Plaza de la Independencia), making Quito the second highest capital city in the world.
Quito is a 4204-km2-large canton in Pichincha. The cabecera cantonal (= seat of the canton) is Quito.