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Cuenca
Sign in to saveAlso known as Cuenca, Ecuador, Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca, Santa Ana de los cuatro Ríos de Cuenca, Cuenca (Ecuador), CUE
city in Ecuador, capital of the Azuay Province
Cuenca is a city in Ecuador and serves as the capital of Azuay Province. It is one of Ecuador's most important cultural and historical centers, known for its colonial architecture and UNESCO World Heritage designation.
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- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca
- Demonym
- Cuencano
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Cuenca Canton
- Continent
- South America
- Official language
- Shuar
- Population
- 361524
- Area
- 70.59
- Elevation
- 2550
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Body of water
- Tomebamba River
- Capital of
- Cuenca Canton
- Official website
- www.cuenca.gob.ec
- Image
- Ama la Vida - Flickr - AR PN ANDES15 CUENCA TV 022 (14584742390).jpg
- Dialing code
- 593 7
- Patron saint
- Saint Anne
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- twinned administrative body
- Bandung
- Commons category
- Cuenca, Ecuador
- topic's main category
- Category:Cuenca, Ecuador
- category for people born here
- Q21701673
- Commons gallery
- Cuenca, Ecuador
- postal code
- EC010150
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cuenca, Ecuador
- inception
- 1557-04-12
- office held by head of government
- mayor
- P12749
- Dharan
- native label
- Cuenca
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Cuenca, officially Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca, is an Ecuadorian city, head of the canton of the same name and capital of the province of Azuay, as well as its largest and most populated city. It is crossed by the Tomebamba, Tarqui, Yanuncay and Machángara rivers, in the south-central inter-Andean region of Ecuador, in the Paute river basin, at an altitude of 2,538 meters above sea level and with a temperate Andean climate averaging 16.3 °C.
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