Cuenca, Ecuador

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.

Cuenca
Ceety
Santa Ana de Los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca
Banner Coat airms
Eik-name(s):  Atenas del Ecuador (Athens of Ecuador)
Cuenca Location in Ecuador
Coordinates: 2°53′57″S 79°00′55″W
Kintra	Ecuador
Province	Azuay
Canton	Cuenca Canton
Foondit	12 Aprile 1557
Foondit bi	Gil Ramírez Dávalos
Named for	Cuenca, Spain
Parishes	Urban Parishes Bellavista Cañaribamba El Batán El Sagrario El Vecino Gil Ramírez Dávalos Hermano Miguel Huayna Cápac Machángara Monay San Blas San Sebastián Sucre Totoracocha Yanuncay
Govrenment
• Mayor	Pedro Palacios Ullauri
Area
• Ceety	67.71 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
• Ceety	329,928
• Density	4,900/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
• Metro	661,685
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)
Demonym	Cuencanos
Website	Official website

Geografie an location

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

Cuenca Canton contains the follaein parishes:

• Baños
• Chaucha
• Checa (Jidcay)
• Chiquintad
• Cuenca
• Cumbe
• Llacao
• Molleturo
• Nulti
• Octavio Cordero Palacios (Santa Rosa)
• Paccha
• Quingeo
• Ricaurte
• San Joaquin
• Santa Ana
• Sayausi
• Sidcay
• Sinincay
• Tarqui
• Turi
• Valle
• Victoria del Portete (Irquis)