Urban parish · Cuenca, Ecuador
Totoracocha
Totoracocha is an eastern urban parish whose name recalls a landscape of totora, pools and wet ground. Its twentieth-century growth is closely tied to planned housing and neighbourhood parks, and today it is a large, busy residential area.
Wet ground and housing growth
A University of Cuenca study describes Totoracocha as an urban parish divided into city developments and traces its limit through Sebastián de Benalcázar, Gil Ramírez Dávalos, España, Milchichig, González Suárez and Guapondélig. Local historical summaries associate the name with former ponds and totora and identify Banco de la Vivienda as its first neighbourhood, built during the 1970s. 2 3
A park as neighbourhood history
The Municipality's 2016 video documents the reopening of Parque Totoracocha for Banco de la Vivienda, including paths, playground maintenance, gardens and community participation. A city parks inventory lists Parque de las Culturas, Parque Huancavilcas, Parque Carlos Tosi and other Totoracocha spaces, making the parish's public landscape concrete without promising conditions beyond the dated records. 4 5
Videos
YouTube · 4
Alcaldía de Cuenca inaugura Parque Totoracocha
Municipio Cuenca · 2016-10-31
Municipal video of the 2016 Parque Totoracocha renovation and neighbourhood event.
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PDFs and documents
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Totoracocha es una parroquia urbana
Universidad de Cuenca
Academic urban study describing Totoracocha's limits and city developments.
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Parques barriales de Cuenca
Universidad de Cuenca
Academic inventory of Totoracocha's neighbourhood parks and citywide comparison.
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Government and further reading
Official source · 1
Ordenanza de División de las Parroquias Urbanas de la Ciudad de Cuenca (1982)
GAD Municipal de Cuenca · 1982-06-14
Official administrative boundary for Totoracocha.
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Totoracocha (parroquia de Cuenca): historia barrial
Referencia enciclopédica con fuentes locales
A secondary parish history that records the totora-and-pools name explanation, Banco de la Vivienda and María Reina de la Paz; use alongside municipal sources.
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