Cuenca is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Azuay Province.

[3] The city is named after Santa Ana of the 4 Rivers of Cuenca in honor of the city of Cuenca in Spain, the birthplace of the Spanish viceroy of Peru Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza, who was the one who sent Spanish Gil Ramírez Dávalos to fund the city, and the fact that, this place, in its geographical features are very similar to the Spanish city.

In addition, the name includes the fact that four rivers cross it: Tomebamba, Tarqui, Yanuncay and Machángara.

The rest of the name comes from the Spanish tradition of dedicating to the new cities a saint of the Catholic church, in this case Santa Ana.

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[4] The canton is divided into parishes.