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Encyclopedia > Azuay

Azuay is a province of Ecuador, created 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of 7.700 km². Its capital is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands. Its mountains reach the 4500m above sea level in the national park of El Cajas. Ecuador is divided into 22 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular - provincia): Province (Capital) Azuay (Cuenca) Bolívar (Guaranda) Cañar (Azogues) Carchi (Tulcán) Chimborazo (Riobamba) Cotopaxi (Latacunga) El Oro (Machala) Esmeraldas (Esmeraldas) Galápagos (Puerto Baquerizo Moreno) Guayas (Guayaquil) Imbabura (Ibarra) Loja (Loja) Los Ríos (Babahoyo) Manabí (Portoviejo) Morona... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... For other articles on subjects named Cuenca, see Cuenca. ... Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... A lagoon in El Cajas The Area Nacional de Recreación Cajas is a national park in the highlands of Ecuador. ...


Azuay is located on the Panamerican Highway. Cuenca is connected by national flights from Quito and Guayaquil. It sports the largest hydroelectric plant of the country, situated on the river Paute. The Pan-American Highway (Carretera Panamericana in Spanish) is a collective system of roads, approximately 16,000 miles (25,750 km) long, that nearly links the mainland nations of the Americas in a roughly unified stretch of highway. ... Quito is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. ... Santiago de Guayaquil, or just Guayaquil, is the most populous and largest city in Ecuador, as well as that nations main sea port city. ... Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ...


The province is divided in 14 cantons.


Canton (Capital)

  1. Chordeleg (Chordeleg)
  2. Cuenca (Cuenca)
  3. El Pan (El Pan)
  4. Girón (Girón)
  5. Guachapala (Guachapala)
  6. Gualaceo (Gualaceo)
  7. Nabón (Nabón)
  8. Oña (Oña)
  9. Paute (Paute)
  10. Pucará (Pucará)
  11. San Fernando (San Fernando)
  12. Santa Isabel (Santa Isabel)
  13. Sevilla de Oro (Sevilla de Oro)
  14. Sigsig (Sigsig)


Cuenca is the third largest city in Ecuador, capital of the Azuay province. ...





 

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