Cuenca

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Cuenca is a historic city in southern Ecuador known for its well-preserved colonial architecture and cultural significance.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeDivision parish ⓘ
alternateName Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
countryCapital Quito ⓘ
culturalHeritage Andean traditions ⓘ
Spanish colonial heritage ⓘ
demographics mestizo majority ⓘ
significant indigenous population ⓘ
economicActivity handicrafts ⓘ
services sector ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 2500 metres ⓘ
foundedBy Gil Ramírez Dávalos ⓘ
foundingDate 1557-04-12 ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Cuenca ⓘ
hasAirport Mariscal Lamar International Airport ⓘ
hasUniversity Universidad del Azuay ⓘ
University of Cuenca ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesTo Historic Centre of Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca ⓘ
heritageDesignationStart 1999 ⓘ
isCapitalOf Azuay Province ⓘ
knownFor cultural significance ⓘ
historic city center ⓘ
well-preserved colonial architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Azuay Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern Ecuador ⓘ
namedAfter Cuenca, Spain ⓘ
notableBuilding New Cathedral of Cuenca ⓘ
Old Cathedral of Cuenca ⓘ
notableSite El Barranco along the Tomebamba River ⓘ
Parque Calderón ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
population approximately 330000 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
river Machángara River ⓘ
Tarqui River ⓘ
Tomebamba River ⓘ
Yanuncay River ⓘ
roadConnection Pan-American Highway ⓘ
timeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
touristAttraction historic center ⓘ
nearby Cajas National Park ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria criteria (ii) and (iv) for cultural heritage ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ecuador Time → usedIn → Cuenca ⓘ
Machala → roadConnectionTo → Cuenca ⓘ
Azuay Province → capital → Cuenca ⓘ
Azuay Province → contains → Cuenca ⓘ
Tumebamba → locatedNear → Cuenca ⓘ
Ecuadorian Andes → contains → Cuenca ⓘ
José Cuero y Caicedo → placeOfActivity → Cuenca ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop José Cuero y Caicedo
José Cuero y Caicedo → residence → Cuenca ⓘ
subject linked to: Bishop José Cuero y Caicedo
Southern Ecuador → contains → Cuenca ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Ecuador
Southern Ecuador → hasMajorCity → Cuenca ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Ecuador
Southern Ecuador → hasNotableCityCharacteristic → Cuenca is a UNESCO World Heritage city ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Ecuador
linked to: Cuenca
University of Cuenca → city → Cuenca ⓘ
University of Cuenca → locatedIn → Cuenca, Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Cuenca
Cajas National Park → nearestCity → Cuenca ⓘ
subject linked to: nearby Cajas National Park
Universidad del Azuay → city → Cuenca ⓘ
Universidad del Azuay → locatedIn → Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Cuenca
Parque Calderón → locatedIn → Cuenca ⓘ
Parque Calderón → city → Cuenca ⓘ
Mariscal Lamar International Airport → cityServed → Cuenca, Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Cuenca
Gil Ramírez Dávalos → founderOf → Cuenca, Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Cuenca
Gil Ramírez Dávalos → associatedWithCity → Cuenca, Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Cuenca
Tomebamba River → locatedIn → Cuenca ⓘ
Tarqui River → locatedIn → Cuenca ⓘ
Tarqui → nearCity → Cuenca ⓘ
Andean Region of Ecuador → contains → Cuenca Metropolitan Area ⓘ
linked to: Cuenca
Saint Narcisa de Jesús → livedIn → Cuenca, Ecuador ⓘ
linked to: Cuenca
Azogues → locatedNear → Cuenca ⓘ
Gualaceo → locatedNear → Cuenca ⓘ