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.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Latacunga (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 77,267 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -0.933333, longitude -78.616667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 2770 m
P2046 (area)
area 34.16 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1584
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 77267 (2022)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Latacunga - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3654870
-0.93424 -78.6152 P PPLA EC 07 0501 050150 205624 2770 America/Guayaquil
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 2770 m
View the Source 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 -0.75, -78.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.75, -78.75
-0.75 -78.75 Cfb
Latacunga (Wikipedia)
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Latacunga (Spanish pronunciation: [lataˈkuŋɡa]; Quechua: Latakunga) is a plateau city of Ecuador, capital of the Cotopaxi Province, 89 km (55 mi) south of Quito, near the confluence of the Alaquez and Cutuchi rivers to form the Patate, the headstream of the Pastaza.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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