Calacalí is a rural parish of
Quito Canton
Quito, officially the Metropolitan District of Quito ( es, Distrito Metropolitano de Quito), is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.
Governance
The canton is governed by the same mayor and city council that govern the city of Quito ...
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Pichincha Province
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 ...
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Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
. It is northwest of
Casitagua Volcano and southwest of
Pululagua Volcano.
In the central square of Calacalí there is an
equator monument
The Equator Monument ( id, Tugu Khatulistiwa) is located on the equator in Pontianak, Indonesia, Pontianak, Indonesia. It marks the division between the Northern hemisphere, northern and southern hemispheres.
History
*First monument built in 1 ...
. A similar, larger equator monument is in
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo
The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (, ''Middle of the World City'') is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, north of the center of Quito. The groun ...
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Calacalí is the first village of the eastern end of a road known as Carretera Calacalí-La Independencia.
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Parishes of Quito Canton