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Tabacundo

Coordinates: 0°03′N 78°12′W / 0.050°N 78.200°W / 0.050; -78.200
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Tabacundo
City
Country Ecuador
ProvincePichincha
CantonPedro Moncayo
Creation of the municipality1911-09-26
Urban parishesTabacundo
Area
approx.
 • Metro
336 km2 (130 sq mi)
Population
 (INEC census 2001-11-25)
 • City6,107
 • Metro
25,594
 Decadal national census by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)
Time zoneUTC-5 (ECT)
Postal code
EC1704 (new format), P04 (old format)
Area code593 2
DemonymTabacundeño, -a
Websitehttp://www.pedromoncayo.gov.ec

Tabacundo is the seat of Pedro Moncayo Canton, Pichincha Province, Ecuador. Tabacundo is on the southeastern foothills of Mojanda Volcano. It is northeast of the city of Quito and west of the city of Cayambe.

A famous resident of Tabacundo is the late Doctor, Eduardo Estrella Aguirre (born 1941 in Tabacundo, Ecuador; died 1996 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian doctor and researcher. A medical clinic is named after Eduardo Estrella Aguirre and is located in Tabacundo.

Estrella studied medicine at the Central University of Ecuador. He did his specialized studies in psychiatry at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Aguirre later chaired the medical faculty at the Central University of Ecuador and founded Ecuador's National Museum of Medicine.

0°03′N 78°12′W / 0.050°N 78.200°W / 0.050; -78.200

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