The Municipality of Quito (officially the Illustrious Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito) is the governing body of the city of Quito

Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...

 and the canton that shares its name

Quito (canton)

Quito, officially the Metropolitan District of Quito , is a canton in the province of Pichincha, Ecuador.-Governance:The canton is governed by the same mayor and city council that govern the city of Quito.-Population figures:...

. Its headquarters are at the Municipal Palace, located on the east side of the Plaza de La Independencia

Plaza de La Independencia

Independence Square, also known as Big Square . Historic public square of Quito , located in the heart of the old city. This is the central square of the city and one of the symbols of the executive power of the nation...

Composition

The municipality is made of two principal organs: the mayor's office and a fifteen member city council.

Administrative zones

The city and canton is administered through eleven Administrative Municipal Zones. Each zone, classified as either urban or suburban, has their own administrator and contain can both urban and rural parishes. They are (parishes covered in parenthesis):
Urban

• Sur
• Centro Sur
• Centro
• Norte
• Centro Norte

Suburban

• Noroccidental
• Norcentral
• Calderón
• Tumbaco
• Los Chillos
• Aeropuerto