City profile · Ecuador · South America
Tulcán
Carchi · Ecuador
City population
86,498
#18
in Ecuador
#6,681
worldwide
0.812, -77.717 · 147 km from Quito
About Tulcán
Tulcán is a city in Carchi, Ecuador with a population of 86,498. It is the 18th largest of the 71 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Ecuador, and the 6,681st largest worldwide. It lies 147 km from Quito.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Carchi
Elevation
2,962 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Guayaquil
Coordinates
0.812, -77.717
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 71 in EcuadorClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.