Guayllabamba (
Kichwa
Kichwa (, , also Spanish ) is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia ('' Inga''), as well as extensions into Peru. It has an estimated half million speakers.
The most widely spoken dialects are Chimbor ...
: ''Wayllapampa'', "green plain") is a small agricultural town (administratively, a rural parish of the canton of
Quito) located 29 kilometers northeast of the city of
Quito in northern
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: ' ...
. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 12,227. The elevation is above sea level.
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The Zoológico de Quito (Quito Zoo), originally in the
Benalcázar parish of Quito, was moved in 1997 to the southwest of the parish. The zoo is the largest in Ecuador.
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Zoológico de Guayllabamba
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Parishes of Quito Canton