Azogues () is the capital of

Azogues Canton Azogues Canton, is the administrative district in the province of Caňar. Its capital town is Azogues Azogues () is the capital of Azogues Canton and of Cañar Province in Ecuador. The population of Azogues is approximately 40,000. Azogues i ...

and of

Cañar Province Cañar () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador an ...

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. The population of Azogues is approximately 40,000.Azogues Canton in Ecuador
/ref> Azogues is located at 2,518 meters above sea level (8,261 feet), its population is of 39,848 inhabitants, its average temperature is 17 °C (63 °F). It is also known for its

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industry (jipi japa); the hats are produced primarily for export. It was founded on 4 October 1562, by

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. Initially part of the old Township of Cuenca, in 1775 it was promoted to parish status.

Religion

San Francisco Cathedral is the seat of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Azogues The Roman Catholic Diocese of Azogues ( la, Dioecesis Azoguensis) is a diocese located in the city of Azogues in the Ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador. It was created on 26 June 1968 from territory of the Archdiocese of Cuenca by the ...

(established 1968), split from its present Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Cuenca.

Transportation

* Azogues is well connected on land to Cuenca by ''via rapida'' Biblian–Azogues–Cuenca; currently being widened to 6 lanes. It connects to Quito via I35 and to Guayaquil via I40, both newly improved branches of the

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. * Azogues uses Mariscal Lamar Regional Airport located in Cuenca. Azogues is the capital of the Cañar Province and the second largest city in the Cuenca Metropolitan Area with 700,000 inhabitants.

References

Sources and External links

The Best of Ecuador - Cañar

Azogues, Cuenca Property Market Report

www.azoguenos.com The cyber community of Azogues in the world.

Azogues Ecuador: An Easy Day Trip From Cuenca
Populated places in Cañar Province Provincial capitals in Ecuador Populated places established in 1562 1562 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{Ecuador-geo-stub