# Guayllabamba

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'''Guayllabamba''' ([Kichwa](/source/Kichwa): ''Wayllapampa'', "green plain") is a small agricultural town (administratively, a rural parish of the canton of [Quito](/source/Quito_(canton))) located 29 kilometers northeast of the city of [Quito](/source/Quito) in northern [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador). In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 12,227.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.inec.gov.ec/interna.asp?inc=cs_tabla&idTabla=83&tipo=p&idProvincia=17&idSeccion=&idCiudad=51 |title=INEC |access-date=2006-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060609031914/http://www.inec.gov.ec/interna.asp?inc=cs_tabla&idTabla=83&tipo=p&idProvincia=17&idSeccion=&idCiudad=51 |archive-date=2006-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The elevation is {{convert|2142|m|ft}} above sea level.<ref>Google Earth</ref> 

The Zoológico de Quito (Quito Zoo), originally in the [Benalcázar](/source/Benalc%C3%A1zar_(parish)) parish of Quito, was moved in 1997 to the southwest of the parish. The zoo is the largest in Ecuador.{{cn|date=October 2017}}

Guayllabamba is located on [Ecuador Highway 28B](/source/Ecuador_Highway_28B), which connects it with Quito and [Cayambe](/source/Cayambe%2C_Ecuador).

==References==
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==External links==
*(es) [https://web.archive.org/web/20060412001945/http://www.quito.gov.ec/turismo/t_zoo.htm Zoológico de Guayllabamba]

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Category:Parishes of Quito Canton

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