Machachi
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|subdivision_name1 = Pichincha
|subdivision_type2 = Canton
|subdivision_name2 = Mejía
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|area_total_km2 = 6.09
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|population_total = 24188
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Machachi is the canton seat of Mejía Canton in the Pichincha province of Ecuador.
Machachi is located to the south of the capital of Ecuador, Quito. It is a city surrounded by the volcanos Atacazo, Corazon, Rumiñahui, Illinizas Peaks, Viudita Hill, Pasochoa, and Sincholagua, and owns part of the Cotopaxi volcano, a great active volcano which measures 5,897 m (19,347 ft) in altitude. In fact, the valley owns eight volcanoes inside, one the reasons Alexander von Humboldt named the region "Avenue of Volcanoes".
In the Panzaleo language, it means great active land. Machachi is the cradle of many slopes and the same ground is a perennial thermal and mineral water outcrop. In the fertile valleys of San Pedro are about 22 sources of chemicals which have theurapeutical properties.
Machachi has a similar temperature to Quito, fluctuating from 19 °C (66 °F) average high to 10 °C (50 °F) average low; these averages are for the whole year, with the dry months being June, July, and August.
Climate
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|location = Machachi, elevation {{convert|2950|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1961–1990)
|Jan high C = 18.6
|Feb high C = 18.2
|Mar high C = 18.0
|Apr high C = 18.1
|May high C = 18.6
|Jun high C = 18.1
|Jul high C = 18.7
|Aug high C = 19.0
|Sep high C = 18.8
|Oct high C = 18.5
|Nov high C = 18.2
|Dec high C = 18.6
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 12.8
|Feb mean C = 12.6
|Mar mean C = 12.6
|Apr mean C = 12.6
|May mean C = 12.8
|Jun mean C = 12.6
|Jul mean C = 12.6
|Aug mean C = 13.0
|Sep mean C = 12.8
|Oct mean C = 12.5
|Nov mean C = 12.5
|Dec mean C = 12.8
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 5.1
|Feb low C = 5.5
|Mar low C = 5.4
|Apr low C = 5.5
|May low C = 6.0
|Jun low C = 5.3
|Jul low C = 5.3
|Aug low C = 5.1
|Sep low C = 5.1
|Oct low C = 4.9
|Nov low C = 4.6
|Dec low C = 5.1
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 85.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 105.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 120.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 108.0
|May precipitation mm = 75.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 58.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 30.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 40.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 70.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 84.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 86.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 81.0
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| source 1 = FAO{{cite web
| url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/land/land-governance/land-resources-planning-toolbox/category/details/fr/c/1028000/
| title = World-wide Agroclimatic Data of FAO (FAOCLIM)
| publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
| access-date = 22 June 2024}}
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See also
References
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- World-Gazetteer.com
{{Cantons of Pichincha}}
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Category:Populated places in Pichincha Province
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