Overview
Cayambe is an agricultural service city in highland Ecuador. It lies at the foot of the Cayambe volcano. While the city is mainly peopled by mestizos.
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Description
The surrounding rural population is primarily composed of indigenous people who are mainly involved in subsistence agriculture, dairy farming and procurement of lumber. The snow-dusted peak of Cayambe looms over the rolling farmland surrounding the town of the same name, 64km north of Quito along the Panamericana. Enormous rows of blooms blanket the nearby hillsides – the region is considered Ecuador’s flower capital: as the old saying goes, stop and smell the roses. Most people, however, breeze through town on their way to Otavalo.