Pichincha is a province of Ecuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito. It is bordered by Imbabura and Esmeraldas to the north, Cotopaxi and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south, Napo and Sucumbíos to the east, and Esmeraldas and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the west.
Panoramic view from Wawa Pichincha: (from left) Ilaló, Antisana, Sincholagua, Quilindaña, Pasochoa, Cotopaxi, Rumiñawi, Atacazo, Corazón and Illinizas
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. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland. The country's capital is Quito, but its largest city is Guayaquil.
A Venus (2,300-2,000 BCE) of the Valdivia culture (from Santa Elena Province) displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence.
Figure of the Jama Coaque culture (300 BCE-800 CE) (from Manabí Province). Walters Art Museum.
Ruins of Ingapirca, was an outpost and supplier for the Incan troops, and also was a coricancha, a place of worship to the Sun (Inti), the main god
The colonial Quito, capital of the Real Audiencia of Quito, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
