San Antonio de Pichincha

San Antonio de Pichincha, or simply San Antonio and less frequently by the older name San Antonio de Lulumpamba (alternate spelling: Lulumbamba), 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 (Pululagua) Volcano and east of Casitagua Volcano. In the village there is also a Lulumpamba street named after the plain.

In San Antonio there is a textile factory known as La Internacional. To the west of the village there is an ethnographic museum near the equator in a touristic place known as Ciudad Mitad del Mundo and which is owned by the Prefecture of Pichincha. There is also a go-karting place known as Cartódromo Dos Hemisferios.

Parishes of the Metropolitan District of Quito

Urban parishes	La Argelia Belisario Quevedo Carcelén Centro Histórico 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 San Bartolo San Juan Solanda Turubamba

Rural parishes	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

Coordinates: 0°00′30″S 78°26′42″W / 0.00824°S 78.445129°W / -0.00824; -78.445129 You can visited http://sanantoniovirtual.com for more information

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/28/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.