Pedro Moncayo is a
canton in the north of the
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 ...
,
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: ' ...
. The seat of the canton is the city of
Tabacundo
Tabacundo is the seat of Pedro Moncayo Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally transl ...
. The canton is named after politician
Pedro Moncayo. The canton is separated by the
Mojanda volcano from the canton of
Otavalo in the province of
Imbabura in the north. It borders the same-province cantons of
Cayambe and
Quito.
{{Cantons of Ecuador
Cantons of Pichincha Province