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Cuenca Canton

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Cuenca Canton
Cajas Naitional Pairk, Cuenca Canton
Cajas Naitional Pairk, Cuenca Canton
Location o Azuay Province in Ecuador.
Location o Azuay Province in Ecuador.
Cuenca Canton o Azuay Province
Cuenca Canton o Azuay Province
Coordinates: 2°54′S 78°59′W / 2.900°S 78.983°W / -2.900; -78.983
Kintra Ecuador
ProvinceAzuay Province
CaipitalCuenca
Population
 (2010)[1]
  Total712,127
Time zoneUTC -5

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]

Climate

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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

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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 Sebastián10. Huayna Capac
2. El Batán11. Hermano Miguel
3. Yanuncay12. El Vecino
4. Bellavista13. Totoracocha
5. Gill Ramírez Dávalos14. Monay
6. El Sagrario15. Machángara
7. San Blas
8. Cañaribamba
9. Sucre

The landwart territory o the canton is dividit intae 21 pairishes:

Landwart parishes
1. Molleturo12. Ricaurte
2. Chaucha13. Urban pairishes
3. Sayausí14. Paccha
4. Chiquintad15. Nulti
5. Checa (or Jidcay)16. Turi
6. San Joaquín17. El Valle
7. Baños18. Santa Ana
8. Sinincay19. Tarqui
9. Octavio Cordero Palacios (or Santa Rosa)20. Victoria del Portete (or Irquis)
10. Sidcay21. Cumbe
11. Llacao22. Quingeo

References

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  1. 1 2 Somos 14.483.499 de ecuatorianas y ecuatorianos, según el censo Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish)
  2. Cantons of Ecuador at statoids.com
  3. "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Cuenca, Ecuador". Weatherbase. 2011. Archived frae the original on 5 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 13 Januar 2014. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
  4. Political Division of Cuenca Canton Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine (Spanish), retrieved on August 31, 2011