Latacunga

Latacunga is a plateau city in the central Ecuadorian Andes and the capital of Cotopaxi Province, about 89 kilometers south of Quito. It sits near the confluence of the Alaquez and Cutuchi rivers, which join to form the Patate River, at an elevation of roughly 2,860 meters, with a population of about 77,267 at the 2022 census. Founded in 1557, the city has been destroyed by earthquakes several times and lies only about 25 kilometers from the active Cotopaxi volcano; its economy today rests on agriculture, floriculture and commerce. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/