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The city is named Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca in honor of the city of Cuenca in Spain, birthplace of the Spanish viceroy of Peru Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, who was the one who ordered the Spanish Gil Ramírez Dávalos to found the city and the fact that this place, in its geographical features, is very similar to the Spanish city.
Cuenca is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Azuay Province. Its capital is the town of Cuenca . During the census of 2001 the canton had 417,632 inhabitants [ 2 ] and in 2010 it had 505,585 inhabitants.
Azuay (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ), Province of Azuay is a province of Ecuador, created on 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of 8,171 square kilometres (3,155 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands.
No. City Province 2010 Census 2001 Census 1990 Census 1 Guayaquil: Guayas: 2,278,691: 1,985,379: 1,508,444 2 Quito: Pichincha: 1,607,734: 1,399,378: 1,100,847 3 Cuenca
Map key Province Capital Largest City [1] Population (2022 census) [2] Area (km 2) Established 1 Azuay Cuenca: 801,609 8,189 1824 2 Bolívar Guaranda: 199,078 4,148 1884 3
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Main church on the plaza in Tarqui Event and show room overlooking the lake located in the rural parish of Tarqui in the city of Cuenca. Tarqui is a rural parish (parroquia) in Cuenca Canton, Azuay, Ecuador. Cuenca, officially known as Santa Ana de los Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca, is the capital of the Azuay province located in southern Ecuador.
The Cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. There are 221 cantons in the country, [ 1 ] of which three are not in any province [ clarification needed ] .