Guayllabamba
Guayllabamba (Kichwa: Wayllapampa, "green plain") is a small agricultural town (administratively, a rural parish of the canton of Quito) located 29 kilometers northeast of the city of Quito in northern Ecuador. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 12,227.[1] The elevation is 2,142 metres (7,028 ft) above sea level.[2]
The Zoológico de Quito (Quito Zoo), originally in the Benalcázar parish of Quito, was moved in 1997 to the southwest of the parish. The zoo is the largest in Ecuador.[citation needed]
Guayllabamba is located on Ecuador Highway 28B, which connects it with Quito and Cayambe.
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- (es) Zoológico de Guayllabamba
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Parishes of the Metropolitan District of Quito
- Alfaro
- La Argelia
- Belisario Quevedo
- Carcelén
- Centro Histórico
- Chaupicruz
- Chilibulo
- Chillogallo
- Chimbacalle
- Cochapamba
- Comité del Pueblo
- La Concepción
- El Condado
- Cotocallao
- La Ecuatoriana
- La Ferroviaria
- Guamaní
- El Inca
- Iñaquito
- Itchimbía
- Jipijapa
- Kennedy
- La Libertad
- Magdalena
- Mariscal Sucre
- La Mena
- Ponceano
- Puengasí
- Quitumbe
- Rumipamba
- El Salvador
- San Bartolo
- San Blas
- San Juan
- San Marcos
- San Roque
- San Sebastián
- Santa Bárbara
- Santa Prisca
- Solanda
- Turubamba
- La Vicentina
- Villa Flora
- Alangasí
- Amaguaña
- Atahualpa
- Calacalí
- Calderón
- Chavezpamba
- Checa
- Conocoto
- Cumbayá
- Gualea
- Guangopolo
- Guayllabamba
- Llano Chico
- Lloa
- La Merced
- Nanegal
- Nanegalito
- Nayón
- Nono
- Pacto
- Perucho
- Pifo
- Píntag
- Pomasqui
- Puéllaro
- Puembo
- El Quinche
- San Antonio
- San José de Minas
- Tababela
- Tumbaco
- Yaruquí
- Zámbiza
0°03′33″S 78°20′29″W / 0.059052°S 78.341446°W / -0.059052; -78.341446
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