Ricaurte
Ricaurte is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador. The parish covers an area of 14.3 km² and according to the 2001 Ecuadorian census it had a population total of 14,006.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: MaJoseC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: MaJoseC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: civil parish in Cuenca Canton, Ecuador
- Also known as: “Ricaurte, Ecuador”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mariscal Lamar International Airport.
Mariscal Lamar International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: PAULOGARCIA2005, CC BY 3.0.
Mariscal Lamar International Airport is a high elevation airport serving Cuenca, the capital of the Azuay Province in Ecuador. It is named after the Peruvian military leader and politician José de la Mar, a native of Cuenca. Mariscal Lamar International Airport is situated 3½ km southwest of Ricaurte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llacao and Nulti.
Llacao
Village
Photo: Vscc11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Llacao is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador. The parish covers an area of 17.4 km2 and according to the 2001 Ecuadorian census it had a population total of 4501. Llacao is situated 4 km northeast of Ricaurte.
Nulti
Village
Nulti is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador. The parish covers an area of 31.3 km2 and according to the 2001 Ecuadorian census it had a population total of 4,589. Nulti is situated 4 km east of Ricaurte.
Cuenca
Photo: PAULOGARCIA2005, CC BY 3.0.
Cuenca is a vibrant colonial city in southern Ecuador, the third largest in the country, and the capital of Azuay Province. The city is located in a highland valley at about 2,500 m above sea level, and is home to 518,000 people according to the 2010 census.
Ricaurte
- Categories: human settlement, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Ricaurte, Cuenca Canton, Azuay, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-2.86281° or 2° 51′ 46″ southLongitude
-78.96491° or 78° 57′ 54″ westElevation
2,547 metres (8,356 feet)Open location code
679342PP+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 774008119OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Ricaurte” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ricaurte, Ecuador”
- German: “Ricaurte”
- Irish: “Ricaurte”
- Quechua: “Ricaurte kitilli”
- Spanish: “Parroquia Ricaurte”
- Spanish: “Parroquia rural Ricaurte”
- Spanish: “Ricaurte (parroquia de Cuenca)”
- Spanish: “Ricaurte”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ricaurte”. Photo: MaJoseC, CC BY-SA 4.0.