Casitahua (less frequent spelling: ''Casitagua'') is a dormant, eroded

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in the north of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province,

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. The volcano is in the Western Cordillera of the northern Ecuadorian

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, between Pululagua Volcano to the north and Pichincha Volcano approximately to the southwest. Casitahua's caldera is open approximately towards the west-northwest. Casitahua is surrounded by the urban parishes

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and Cotocollao of the city of

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

to the south, and by the rural parishes

Calacalí Calacalí is a rural parish of Quito Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. It is northwest of Casitagua Volcano and southwest of Pululagua Volcano. In the central square of Calacalí there is an equator monument. A similar, larger equator monu ...

to the northwest and

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to the east. In 2022 the body of lawyer

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was found ten days after she disappeared on the slopes of Casitahua.

References

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