Calderón (Quito)

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.

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 mazapán ("marzipan") figurines.

Parishes of the Metropolitan District of Quito

Urban parishes	La Argelia Belisario Quevedo Carcelén Centro Histórico 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 San Bartolo San Juan Solanda Turubamba

Rural parishes	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

Coordinates: 0°05′50″S 78°25′21″W / 0.0972222°S 78.4225°W / -0.0972222; -78.4225

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