Calderón, Quito
Human settlement, Ecuador
Calderón is a rural parish of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It lies northeast of the city of Quito, on Ecuador Highway 35 (designated by the Ecuadorian transit police as E-35), a north-to-south-running highway which is the Ecuadorian segment of the Pan-American Highway.[1]
The seat of the parish (the village) is particularly known for its cemetery, which attracts visitors during All Souls' Day (11-02), and for its decorative masapán figurines.[2]
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External links
- Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado de la Parroquia de Calderón - Historia
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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°05′50″S 78°25′21″W / 0.0972222°S 78.4225°W / -0.0972222; -78.4225
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