Cayambe (city)
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Cayambe Kayampi |
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| Motto: It is my passion (Es mi Pasion) | |||
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| Coordinates: 0°02′38″N 78°09′22″W / 0.04389°N 78.15611°WCoordinates: 0°02′38″N 78°09′22″W / 0.04389°N 78.15611°W | |||
| County | Ecuador | ||
| Province | Pichincha | ||
| Canton | Cayambe | ||
| Legal creation | July 23, 1883 | ||
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| Elevation | 2,830 m (9,280 ft) | ||
| Population (INEC census 2010-11-28) | |||
| • Total | 39,028 | ||
| Decadal national census by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) | |||
| Time zone | ECT (UTC-5) | ||
| Climate | 14° Csb | ||
| Website | http://www.municipiocayambe.gov.ec | ||
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Cayambe is an agricultural service city (population 39,028 at the last census on November 28, 2010) in highland Ecuador. It lies at the foot of the Cayambe volcano. While the city is mainly peopled by mestizos, the surrounding rural population is primarily composed of indigenous people who are mainly involved in subsistence agriculture, dairy farming and procurement of lumber. It's the third largest city in Pichincha Province.
Cayambe's indigenous people of today are descendants of the pre-Inca Kayambi people. The Kayambi were resistant to Inca expansion and were only definitively conquered by Huayna Capac (the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire) after a bloody 20-year war. At that time, the Kayambi people adopted the Kichwa language, a dialect of the Quechua family of languages. Not long afterwards, in the 16th century, the first Spanish conquistadores arrived in the region. Kichwa survives in some of the hamlets today, while in others it has given way to Spanish.
The town of Cayambe is the seat of the canton of Cayambe.
The area hosts numerous flower plantations whose products are destined for the overseas cut flower market. Among the local food products, better known are cheese and biscochos de Cayambe (a crumbly biscuit).
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