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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.
Later 2013 some long road stretches became available. The highest road in the world which is shown in Street View , is located at 11°35′53″S 76°11′32″W / 11.598095°S 76.192288°W / -11.598095; -76.192288 on 4,818 metres (15,807 ft) altitude
From Azogues the road becomes six lanes wide (three north, three south) built in 1995, until it reaches Cuenca. From north of the city the Pan-American Highway takes the name of Avenida Circunvalación Sur (Avenue South Ring) until exiting to the south, where it shrinks to two lanes (one north, one south) enlarged in 2009 until reaching Loja .
Get the Cuenca, Calabarzon local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Construction began in November 2013, with the city of Cuenca signing a US$142.6m contract with the CITA Cuenca consortium, which is led by Alstom and includes CIM, Ineo, and TSO, the same year. [3] Testing of the tramway's Alstom Citadis rolling stock on the southernmost part of the line began in 2015, and test runs over the full route began in ...
Map; CUE. Location of airport in Ecuador. Runways; Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 1,900 6,234 ... SkyVector - Cuenca; Current weather for Cuenca at NOAA/NWS;
Cuenca was given a set of laws, the Fuero, written in Latin, that ruled Cuenca's citizens, and it was considered one of the most perfectly written at that time. The Diocese of Cuenca was established in 1183; its second bishop was St. Julian of Cuenca, who became patron saint of the city. Alfonso X granted Cuenca the title of 'city' (ciudad) in ...
Its capital and largest city is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands. Its mountains reach 4,500 m (14,800 ft) above sea level in the national park of El Cajas. Azuay is located on the Panamerican Highway. Cuenca is connected by national flights from Quito and Guayaquil.