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[eedit | eedit soorce]

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 | eedit soorce]

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 | eedit soorce]

  1. a b 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. 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