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Cuenca, Ecuador

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Cuenca
Ceety
Santa Ana de Los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca
Banner o Cuenca
Banner
Coat of airms o Cuenca
Coat airms
Eik-name(s): 
Atenas del Ecuador (Athens of Ecuador)
Cuenca is located in Ecuador
Cuenca
Cuenca
Location in Ecuador
Coordinates: 2°53′57″S 79°00′55″W / 2.89917°S 79.01528°W / -2.89917; -79.01528
KintraEcuador
ProvinceAzuay
CantonCuenca Canton
Foondit12 Aprile 1557
Foondit biGil Ramírez Dávalos
Named forCuenca, Spain
Parishes
Govrenment
 • MayorPedro Palacios Ullauri
Area
 • Ceety67.71 km2 (26.14 sq mi)
Elevation
2560 m (8,400 ft)
Highest elevation
2550 m (8,370 ft)
Lowest elevation
2350 m (7,710 ft)
Population
 (2010)INEC
 • Ceety329,928
 • Density4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
 • Metro
661,685
Time zoneUTC-5 (ECT)
DemonymCuencanos
WebsiteOfficial website

Cuenca, kent offeecially as Santa Ana de los cuatro ríos de Cuenca, is the third lairgest ceety in Ecuador bi population, which totals 329,928. It is the caipital o the Azuay Province. It is locatit in the hielands o Ecuador at aboot 2500 m abuin sea level. The centre o the ceety is leetit as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid acause o its mony historical biggins.

Geografie an location

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Cuenca, caipital o the province o Azuay, is locatit in the sierra o the Andes in the Austro or soothren region o Ecuador. It is approximately nine oors sooth o Quito an fower oors east o Guayaquil. The ceety ranges frae 2,350 tae 2,550 meters abuin sea level.

The dominant features o the ceety's geography are an aa the soorce o its name in Spainyie: the fower rivers o Cuenca (meanin a basin made bi a confluence o rivers). These rivers are the Tomebamba (named efter the Cañari cultur), Yanuncay, Tarqui an Machangara, in order o importance. The first three o these rivers oreeginate in the Páramo o Parque Nacional Cajas tae the wast o the ceety. These fower rivers are pairt o the Amazon river watershed. Cuenca is surroondit bi muntains on aww sides, wi passes tae the wast, sooth an east.

Parishes

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Cuenca Canton contains the follaein parishes: