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Latacunga
Latacunga, Cotopaxi - EcuadorAugust 15, 1984
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City official name :Latacunga
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Founded date : *
Location :Cotopaxi Province
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Elavation :? ft (? m)
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Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²).
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Facts :Latacunga (2,850m) is the capital of the Cotopaxi Province, with some 55,000 inhabitants. This is not an invigorating town, but it is a good base point for some interesting excursions such as the Cotopaxi volcano.
The city has been destroyed three times in the past by the Cotopaxi volcano. In 1,742; 1,768 and in 1877. The volcano's activity is zero at the moment and other eruptions are not expected for at least some decades more.
In Latacunga the central plaza, Parque Vicente León, has beautiful well preserved gardens. Others similar to this one are Parque San Francisco and La Laguna known also as "Lago Flores".
At Sánchez de Orellana and Abel Echeverría is the Casa de los Marqueses de Miraflores, which is set inside a beautiful colonial mansion. Each room of this fine mansion is a small museum which has different exhibits of Colonial art, the Mama Negra festivities, archaeology, etc. It is worth a visit.
Casa de la Cultura (Antonia Vela 3-49 and
Padre Salcedo) houses a very interesting museum with weavings, pre-Colombian artifacts, ceramics and other exhibits as well as a theater and an art gallery. It also hosts the city's main festivals and concerts.
Other museums can be found at Escuela Isidro Ayora (Sánchez de Orellana and Tarqui) and at the Cathedral.
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