Cuenca Canton

Cuenca Canton
Canton
Cajas National Park, Cuenca Canton
Location of Azuay Province in Ecuador.
Cantons of Azuay Province
Coordinates: 2°54′S 78°59′W
Country	Ecuador
Province	Azuay Province
Capital	Cuenca
Area
• Total	3,190.54 km2 (1,231.87 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	505,585
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC -5

Cuenca Canton 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 and in 2010 it had 505,585 inhabitants.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:

• Mestizo 89.7%
• White 5.7%
• Afro-Ecuadorian 2.2%
• Indigenous 1.8%
• Montubio 0.4%
• Other 0.2%

Division

The canton is divided into parishes. The urban sector of the city of Cuenca is formed by the following 15 parishes:

Urban parishes
	1. San Sebastián	10. Huayna Capac
	2. El Batán	11. Hermano Miguel
	3. Yanuncay	12. El Vecino
	4. Bellavista	13. Totoracocha
	5. Gill Ramírez Dávalos	14. Monay
	6. El Sagrario	15. Machángara
	7. San Blas
	8. Cañaribamba
	9. Sucre

The rural territory of the canton is divided into 21 parishes:

Rural parishes
	1. Molleturo	12. Ricaurte
	2. Chaucha	13. Urban parishes
	3. Sayausí	14. Paccha
	4. Chiquintad	15. Nulti
	5. Checa (or Jidcay)	16. Turi
	6. San Joaquín	17. El Valle
	7. Baños	18. Santa Ana
	8. Sinincay	19. Tarqui
	9. Octavio Cordero Palacios (or Santa Rosa)	20. Victoria del Portete (or Irquis)
	10. Sidcay	21. Cumbe
	11. Llacao	22. Quingeo