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AZUAY (sometimes written AssuAY)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 86 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AZUAY (sometimes written AssuAY)  , a province of Ecuador, bounded N. by the province of Canar, E. by Oriente, S. by Loja, and W. by El Oro . It was formerly called
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Cuenca, and formed
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part of the department of Azuay, which also included the province of Loja . Azuay is an elevated mountainous
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district with a
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great variety of climates and products; among the latter are
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silver, quicksilver, wheat,
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Indian corn, barley, cattle, wool,
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cinchona and
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straw hats . The capital is Cuenca .

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