Puerto Quito
In order to meet necessities from the most demanding palates a chocolate bar has been produced, known as Pichincha-Puerto Quito, it contains 91% of cocoa.
This cocoa comes from Puerto Quito canton and village, located 90 kilometers northwest of Quito, a natural context of the heat and humid weather and bathed with natural sources of water and great cascades, where plants grow in a sustainable and protected environment.
Es ecuatorial pues le atraviesa la línea equinoccial
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It is variable, according the height, for example, there are zones of humid tropical and monsoon tropical to the west of the province; the center and eastern sector are influenced by humid meso-thermal, sub humid climates, dry meso-thermal, moor and gelid. |
Pichincha province is located in the central region or the Sierra, in the north of the Ecuadorian territory. Such geographic location grants the following characteristics: It is crossed by the Equator line, it’s considered Andean because it is located between two mountainous ranges called Andes, in the pit formed by Guayllabamba river; it is also volcanic because it is located on the mountainous structure of Pichincha volcano.
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General Data:
General Data:
Capital: Quito
Surface: 16.599 Km2
Population: 2'466.245 Hab.
Cantons: Quito, Cayambe, mejía, Pedro Moncayo, Rumiñahui, Santo Domingo, San Miguel de los Bancos, Pedro Vicente Maldonado
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Natural Resources:
Pichincha is provide with the most varied agrarian production, represented by cultivations of potato, barley, broad bean and pastures; in the high zone, wheat, corn, legumes, fruits in the valleys and low slopes. On the western area coffee, rice, cacao, yucca, bananas, African palm and tropical fruits.
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