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The moved to Cuenca for its lower cost of living, vibrant culture, and welcoming expat community. They recommend retiring abroad but said anyone thinking about it should do a lot of research.
Cuenca is home to many retirees from all over the United States. [2] They were drawn there by quality health care, a booming social scene and a low cost of living. Americans first came to Cuenca in a slow trickle and many years later a deluge of retirees began settling there. The mayor of Cuenca estimated that about 4,000 Americans are now ...
It was founded decades after other major Spanish settlements in the region, such as Quito (1534), Guayaquil (1538), and Loja (1548). Cuenca's population and importance grew steadily during the colonial era. Cuenca reached the peak of its importance in the first years of Ecuador's independence; Cuenca achieved its independence on November 3, 1820.
Approximately 96.4% of Ecuador's Indigenous population are Highland Quichuas living in the valleys of the Sierra region. [ 23 ] [ page needed ] They are Quichua speakers and include the Caranqui, the Otavaleños , the Cayambi, the Pichincha, the Panzaleo , the Chimbuelo, the Salasacan , the Tungurahua, the Tugua, the Waranka, the Puruhá , the ...
There are very small communities in Cuenca and Ambato. The "Comunidad de Culto Israelita" reunites the Jews of Guayaquil. This community works independently from the "Jewish Community of Ecuador". [32] Jewish visitors to Ecuador can also take advantage of Jewish resources as they travel [33] and keep kosher there, even in the Amazon Rainforest ...
Cueva de los Tayos (Spanish, "Cave of the Oilbirds") is a cave located on the eastern slopes of the Andes mountains in the Morona-Santiago province of Ecuador.It owes its name to being the home of the native nocturnal birds called tayos (Steatornis caripensis), which live in numerous caves in the Andean jungles of South America.
Regionalization, or zoning, is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital, Quito. In Ecuador, there are seven regions, or zones, each shaped by the following provinces: Region 1 (42,126 km 2, or 16,265 mi 2): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbíos.
The history of the Jews in Ecuador dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when Sephardic Jews began arriving from Spain and Portugal as a result of the Spanish Inquisition. Ecuadorian Jews are members of a small Jewish community in the territory of today's Ecuador , [ 1 ] and they form one of the smallest Jewish communities in South America .