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Azuay| Mountainous province in the Andean sierra of south-central Ecuador, lying to the north of Loja province, and extending in the east to the River Santiago, a tributary of the Amazon; area 8,639 sq km/3,336 sq mi; population (1996) 588,014. The province is intersected by fertile valleys with a semi-tropical humid climate. The capital is Cuenca. Local industry involves drinks production, tobacco, dairy produce, fruit canning, textiles, and motor vehicles. |
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| 4: Cuenca, Ecuador CUENCA is the country's third-largest city and the capital of the Azuay province. Distribucion En Colombia la especie se distribuye en los departamentos de Antioquia, Boyaca, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Narino, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima y Valle del Cauca, entre los 0-1800 msnm; mientras que en Ecuador se distribuye al occidente en las Provincias de Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Pichincha, Los Rios, Manabi y Azuay (Fig. In early June, the local populace in the gold-mining southern highland province of Azuay, backed by environmental and human rights organizations, blockaded major highways, demanding the expropriation of the mining companies, many of which are controlled by transnational corporations that have polluted local rivers and aquifers. |
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