Cuenca Canton
Cuenca Canton is a canton o Ecuador, locatit in the Azuay Province. Its caipital is the toun o Cuenca. Durin the census o 2001 the canton haed 417,632 indwallers [2] an in 2010 it haed 712,127 indwallers.[1]
Cuenca Canton | |
|---|---|
 Cajas Naitional Pairk, Cuenca Canton | |
 Location o Azuay Province in Ecuador. | |
.svg) Cuenca Canton o Azuay Province | |
| Coordinates: 2°54′S 78°59′W / 2.900°S 78.983°W | |
| Kintra |  Ecuador |
| Province | Azuay Province |
| Caipital | Cuenca |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 712,127 |
| Time zone | UTC -5 |
Climate eedit
| Climate data for Cuenca | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 21 (69) |
21 (70) |
21 (69) |
21 (69) |
19 (67) |
19 (66) |
18 (65) |
19 (66) |
21 (69) |
21 (70) |
22 (71) |
22 (71) |
20 (69) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 10 (50) |
11 (51) |
11 (51) |
10 (50) |
9 (49) |
8 (47) |
8 (47) |
8 (46) |
9 (48) |
9 (49) |
8 (46) |
9 (49) |
9 (49) |
| Average precipitation cm (inches) | 5.1 (2) |
4.6 (1.8) |
8.1 (3.2) |
11 (4.3) |
11 (4.3) |
4.3 (1.7) |
2.3 (0.9) |
2.8 (1.1) |
4.1 (1.6) |
7.9 (3.1) |
4.6 (1.8) |
6.4 (2.5) |
72.2 (28.3) |
| Source: Weatherbase [3] | |||||||||||||
Diveesion eedit
The canton is dividit intae pairishes.[4] The urban sector o the ceety o Cuenca is formed bi the follaein 15 parishes:
| Urban pairishes | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
1. San Sebastián | 10. Huayna Capac |
| 2. El Batán | 11. Hermano Miguel | |
| 3. Yanuncay | 12. El Vecino | |
| 4. Bellavista | 13. Totoracocha | |
| 5. Gill Ramírez Dávalos | 14. Monay | |
| 6. El Sagrario | 15. Machángara | |
| 7. San Blas | ||
| 8. Cañaribamba | ||
| 9. Sucre | ||
The landwart territory o the canton is dividit intae 21 pairishes:
| Landwart parishes | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
1. Molleturo | 12. Ricaurte |
| 2. Chaucha | 13. Urban pairishes | |
| 3. Sayausí | 14. Paccha | |
| 4. Chiquintad | 15. Nulti | |
| 5. Checa (or Jidcay) | 16. Turi | |
| 6. San Joaquín | 17. El Valle | |
| 7. Baños | 18. Santa Ana | |
| 8. Sinincay | 19. Tarqui | |
| 9. Octavio Cordero Palacios (or Santa Rosa) | 20. Victoria del Portete (or Irquis) | |
| 10. Sidcay | 21. Cumbe | |
| 11. Llacao | 22. Quingeo | |
References eedit
- ↑ a b Somos 14.483.499 de ecuatorianas y ecuatorianos, según el censo Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
- ↑ Cantons of Ecuador at statoids.com
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Cuenca, Ecuador". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
- ↑ Political Division of Cuenca Canton Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), retrieved on August 31, 2011