Azogues is a city in southern Ecuador and the capital of both Azogues Canton and Cañar Province. It sits in the Andes at an elevation of about 2,518 meters, with a population of roughly 35,763 at the 2022 census. The city is known for its Panama hat weaving industry and traces its founding to 1562, when Gil Ramirez Davalos established the settlement. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Azogues (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 35,763 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -2.733333, longitude -78.833333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 2518 m
P2046 (area)
area 13.18 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1562
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 35763 (2022)
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at -2.7333,-78.8333
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 2698.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -2.75, -78.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -2.75, -78.75
-2.75 -78.75 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Azogues - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3660434Quote, cities500 record 3660434
-2.73982 -78.84561 P PPLA EC 04 0301 030150 34877 2720 America/Guayaquil
Azogues (Wikipedia)
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Azogues (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈsoɣes]) is the capital of Azogues Canton and of Cañar Province in Ecuador.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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