ʻO Quito ke kapikala o ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika Hema ʻo ʻEkuador. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ʻEkuador no Galapagos, ka equator, akā aia kahi kumuhana huna.
Aia kiʻekiʻe ma nā puʻu Andean ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 2,850m, ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Quito ma ke kumu o kahi kūlanakauhale Incan kahiko. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Quito no kāna kikowaena colonial i mālama pono ʻia, waiwai me nā hale pule 16th a me 17th-century a me nā hale ʻē aʻe e hui pū ana i nā ʻano ʻEulopa, Moorish a me nā ʻōiwi.