🦎 Maquipucuna

Ecuador · Americas · Nature Reserve · 0.05°N, 78.68°W

Maquipucuna is a 6,000 hectare cloud forest reserve in Ecuador. Located in the Pichincha Province, it is the closest pristine rainforest to Quito, Ecuador's capital. The reserve consists of primary and secondary montane rain forest and cloud forest. The Maquipucuna Reserve is located in the parish of Nanegal, within the Metropolitan District of Quito.

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Quick facts

Country	Ecuador
Continent / region	Americas
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	0.05°N, 78.68°W · view on map

Maquipucuna is a nature reserve in Ecuador, in Americas. The details of why Maquipucuna is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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