Checa
Checa or Jidcay is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador. The parish covers an area of 64.5 km2 and according to the 2001 Ecuadorian census it had a population total of 2,698.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,740 residents
- Description: Parroquia de Cuenca, Ecuador
- Also known as: “Checa (parish of Cuenca)”, “Checa, Ecuador”, “Jidcay”, and “Sdcay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llacao and Sinincay.
Llacao
Village
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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 7 km southeast of Checa.
Sinincay
Village
Photo: Ceancata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sinincay is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador. The parish covers an area of 24.9 km² and according to the 2001 Ecuadorian census it had a population total of 12,650. Sinincay is situated 7 km southwest of Checa.
Ricaurte
Village
Photo: MaJoseC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Ricaurte is situated 7 km southeast of Checa.
Checa
- Categories: parish of Ecuador and locality
- Location: Checa (Jidcay), Cuenca Canton, Azuay, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-2.80501° or 2° 48′ 18″ southLongitude
-78.99282° or 78° 59′ 34″ westPopulation
2,740Elevation
2,782 metres (9,127 feet)Open location code
679352V4+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 774008109OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3659337Wikidata ID
Q10857966
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“Checa” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Checa”
- German: “Checa (Azuay)”
- German: “Checa”
- Quechua: “Chiqa kitilli (Asway)”
- Quechua: “Chiqa kitilli”
- Spanish: “Checa (parroquia de Cuenca)”
- Spanish: “Checa”
- Spanish: “Chiqa”
- Spanish: “Jidcay”
- Vietnamese: “Checa”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Checa”. Photo: Ceancata, CC BY-SA 4.0.