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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 See also:province of See also:Ecuador, bounded N. by the province of Canar, E. by See also:Oriente, S. by See also:Loja, and W. by El Oro. It was formerly called See also:Cuenca, and formed See also:part of the See also:department of Azuay, which also included the province of Loja. Azuay is an elevated mountainous See also:district with a See also:great variety of climates and products; among the latter are See also:silver, quicksilver, See also:wheat, See also:Indian See also:corn, See also:barley, See also:cattle, See also:wool, See also:cinchona and See also:straw hats. The See also:capital is Cuenca.

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