Guayllabamba

Guayllabamba (Kichwa 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. In the Ecuadorian national census of November 24, 2001, the parish had a population of 12,227 .

The Zoológico de Quito (Quito Zoo), which was originally in the Benalcázar parish of the city of Quito, was moved in 1997 to the southwest of the parish, and has been operated since 1999 by the Fundación Zoológica del Ecuador. The zoo is the largest zoo in Ecuador.

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(es) Zoológico de Guayllabamba

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°03′33″S 78°20′29″W / 0.059052°S 78.341446°W / -0.059052; -78.341446

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