Cuenca, Ekvador 🇪🇨
Cuenca, Ekvador’ un güneyinde 2550 rakımda kurulmuş eski bir İnka imparatorluğu başkenti. Bu günlerde Amerika’ lı emeklilerin gelip yerleştiği havası, iklimi ve yaşam standartları ile hayli cazip bir şehir.
1534 de İspanyolların İnkalardan devralıp kurduğu bu şehir kilise ve el sanatları ile ünlü. Meşhur Panama şapkası da bu şehre ait. 19. yüzyılda 250.000 insanın istihdam edildiği Panama şapkası atölyeleri şehrin zenginliğinin de kaynağı.
Bir diğer zenginlik kaynağı da kınakına ağacı, sıtma hastalığına deva olan bu ağaç Avrupa’ ya ihraç edilerek şehre gelir sağlamış.
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Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca is located in an Andean valley of Ecuador (austral area). This city is the capital of the Azuay province, limited to the East with the provinces of Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe and the West with Guayas and El Oro. Its territory area is 8,639 square kilometers and its population is approximately 810,000 inhabitants.
In the province there are two distinct areas: the East, an area dominated by the Eastern and Western Andes; the West, an area that belongs to the Costa region, which is populated by subandean ramifications. The most important rivers are the Jubones and the Paute. Its highest point is the Nudo del Cajas, at 4500 meters above the sea level, located at Cajas National Park.
Cuenca is located at an altitude of 2,538 meters above sea level and has a population of approximately 580,00. It occupies an area of 15,730 hectares and has a climate that oscillates between 14 degrees C and 18 degrees C during the entire year. It is located in a valley formed by mountainous systems of exceptional characteristics and has a river system composed of four principal rivers: Tomebamba, Yanuncay, Machangara and Tarqui, whis cross the city from west to east.