Octavio Cordero Palacios

Octavio Cordero Palacios
Santa Rosa (Catholic Name)
Parish
Country  Ecuador
Province Azuay Province
Canton Cuenca Canton
Area
  Total 7.9 sq mi (20.4 km2)
Population (2011)
  Total 2,271
Time zone ECT (UTC-5)

Octavio Cordero Palacios is a town and parish in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador. The parish covers an area of 20.4 km² and according to the 2011 Ecuadorian census it had a population total of 2,271. The town is named after the Ecuadorian writer and inventor Octavio Cordero Palacios.

In 2012, a geografical book (PhD) has been written about the town: "Each in their own way. An analysis of the redefinition of farmers' strategies and territorial dynamics in the migratory context of the Ecuadorian Andes" ("A chacun son chemin, une analyse de la refedefinition des stratégies paysannes et des dynamiques territoriales dans le contexte migratoire des Andes équatoriennes").

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    Coordinates: 2°48′S 78°58′W / 2.800°S 78.967°W