# Victoria del Portete Parish, Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/cuenca/victoria-del-portete/ Parish · Cuenca Canton # Victoria del Portete Victoria del Portete is a parish of Ecuador in Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province. It covers **196.2 km²**. 55 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 19 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 196km² - 19mapped services - 2,736 mtypical elevation ## Where is Victoria del Portete? Victoria del Portete lies in [Cuenca Canton](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/cuenca/), [Azuay Province](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/), [Ecuador](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/). It borders 6 other parishes: [Baños](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/cuenca/banos/), [Chumblín](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/san-fernando/chumblin/), [Cumbe](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/cuenca/cumbe/), [Girón](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/giron/giron/), [San Gerardo](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/giron/san-gerardo/) and [Tarqui](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/cuenca/tarqui/). By area it is the 349th largest of 1,042 parishes in Ecuador. It covers 6.1% of [Cuenca Canton](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/azuay/cuenca/). The centre of Victoria del Portete is about 324 km in a straight line from Quito, the capital. It is about 24 km from Cuenca, the main town of Cuenca Canton. The centre point is at 3.0810° S, 79.1140° W. Source: [INEC - Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-ecu). ## Things to see in and around Victoria del Portete OpenStreetMap lists 8 named sights in Victoria del Portete: 6 city gates; 1 monument; 1 viewpoint. - Mirador Tres Cruces · viewpoint - "Y" a San Vicente · city gate - Ingreso Colegio Los Álamos · city gate - Ingreso a Puente Cublín · city gate - Ingreso a San Agustín · city gate - Ingreso a Santo Tomás · city gate - Ingreso a Zhizho, Vía Girón Pasaje · city gate - Virgen del Monte · monument ### Nearby, outside Victoria del Portete - Hacienda turística Tutupali · attraction, Tarqui7.4 km - Cascada de El Chorro · viewpoint, Girón7.5 km - Cascada · viewpoint, Girón7.6 km - Parador de Cascada de El Chorro · viewpoint, Girón8.0 km - Cruce a Bellavista · city gate, Cumbe8.5 km - Ingreso a Zhizho · city gate, Cumbe9.0 km - Museo de la Defensa "Casa de los Tratados" · museum, Girón9.5 km - La Merced De Cumbre · viewpoint, Cumbe10 km - torre CNT cumbre · viewpoint, Cumbe11 km - monumento de la Mision Geodesica Francesa · monument, Tarqui11 km - Francésurco · viewpoint, Tarqui11 km - Hito Misión Geodésica Francesa · monument, Tarqui11 km Source: [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Named attractions, museums, viewpoints, historic sites and natural features mapped in OpenStreetMap. Places of worship are not listed. ## Know before you go: Victoria del Portete - Time zoneUTC−5, no daylight saving · America/Guayaquil - CurrencyDollar (USD) - Country calling code+593 - LanguagesSpanish - Plug typesType A, B · 120 V - Driving sideRight - Postcode format6 digits (######) ### Nearest airports - Mariscal Lamar Airport (CUE) · Cuenca26 km - Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport (ETR) · Santa Rosa106 km ### Daylight Days are longest in Dec (about 12.3 hours, sunrise around 06:02) and shortest in Jun (about 11.9 hours, sunrise around 06:18, sunset around 18:14). Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/). Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling. ## Villages and localities in Victoria del Portete Open gazetteers list **55 villages, towns and localities** in Victoria del Portete. Settlements here lie between about 2,622 m and 3,300 m above sea level (median 2,736 m). - Arrayán - Bellavista - Buena Esperanza - Callejón - Churugudo - Churuguzo - Colegio Álamos - Conferencia - Coralpamba - Descanso de Sucre - Desvío a Colegio Los Álamos - Durazno - El Portete - Escaleras - Fares - Francés Urco - Frescoguayco - Gualay - Guapageo - Hacienda Abril - Hacienda Bohío - Hacienda Centeno - Hacienda Colegio - Hacienda Conferencia - Hacienda Durán - Hacienda Lechuga - Hacienda Montesinos - Hacienda Sabaloma - Hacienda Tarqui - Hacienda Vega - Hacienda Yendola - Irquis - Irquis Ceraturo - Machay - Mataquillcana - Milipamba - Papaloma - Portete - San Agustin - San Agustín - San Guillermo - San Pedro - San Pedro de Arrayán - San Pedro de Escaleras - San Vicente de Arrayán - Santo Tomás - Shirimpin - Símbalo - Tipoloma - Trancas - Tulapa - Victoria del Portete - Virgen del Monte - Zhizhio - Zhizho Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Victoria del Portete Named natural and historic features inside Victoria del Portete, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 16 rivers and streams. - Quebrada Bohío - Quebrada Mamacu - Quebrada Moraspungo - Quebrada Patahuazo - Quebrada Patococha - Quebrada Rambranpamba - Quebrada Salado - Quebrada Salado - Quebrada Santa Elena - Quebrada Socorro - Quebrada de Pinllo - Río Capulisyacu - Río Cumbe - Río Irquis - Río Patococha - Río Portete Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Victoria del Portete and the best time to visit Using the climate of Cuenca Canton, the warmest month is Sep (average 17 °C) and the coolest is Jun (16 °C). About 675 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Mar (136 mm) and the driest Aug (17 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to February**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 17 78 Feb 17 114 Mar 17 136 Apr 17 85 May 17 48 Jun 16 32 Jul 16 21 Aug 17 17 Sep 17 20 Oct 17 37 Nov 17 43 Dec 17 44 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Victoria del Portete Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Centro de Salud Victoria del Portete · Victoria del Portete 6.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.05980&mlon=-79.06351#map=17/-3.05980/-79.06351) Bank BANECUADOR · Girón 9.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.15859&mlon=-79.14713#map=17/-3.15859/-79.14713) ATM Cajero Cooperativa CREA deposito y retiro · Tarqui 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.02228&mlon=-79.03891#map=17/-3.02228/-79.03891) Petrol pump PDV · Victoria del Portete 3.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.08828&mlon=-79.08032#map=17/-3.08828/-79.08032) Hotel Hostal Giron · Girón 9.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.15946&mlon=-79.14669#map=17/-3.15946/-79.14669) Mall Plaza BP · Tarqui 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.02179&mlon=-79.03916#map=17/-3.02179/-79.03916) School Escuela de Educación Básica Mariscal Sucre · Girón 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.12197&mlon=-79.11493#map=17/-3.12197/-79.11493) College Granja Irquis Universidad de Cuenca · Victoria del Portete 4.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.08003&mlon=-79.07538#map=17/-3.08003/-79.07538) Police station PAI San Pedro de Escaleras · Victoria del Portete 7.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-3.04215&mlon=-79.05589#map=17/-3.04215/-79.05589) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Hospitals, banks and other services in Victoria del Portete Places mapped inside Victoria del Portete in open map data, by type. - Hospitals1 - Petrol pumps2 - Schools7 - Colleges and universities1 - Restaurants7 - Police stations1 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Other parishes in Cuenca Canton - Baños - Chaucha - Checa - Chiquintad - Cuenca - Cumbe - Llacao - Molleturo - Nulti - Octavio Cordero Palacios - Paccha - Quingeo - Ricaurte - San Joaquín - Santa Ana - Sayausí - Sidcay - Sinincay - Tarqui - Turi - Valle ## Quick answers - Where is Victoria del Portete?In Cuenca Canton, Azuay Province, Ecuador - What borders Victoria del Portete?Baños, Chumblín, Cumbe, Girón, San Gerardo and Tarqui - What is there to see in Victoria del Portete?"Y" a San Vicente, Ingreso Colegio Los Álamos, Ingreso a Puente Cublín, Ingreso a San Agustín - What time zone is Victoria del Portete in?UTC−5 - What currency is used in Victoria del Portete?Dollar (USD) - What language is spoken in Victoria del Portete?Spanish (main languages nationally) - How many villages are in Victoria del Portete?55 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Victoria del Portete?Settlements lie between 2,622 m and 3,300 m - What is the best time to visit Victoria del Portete?April to February - Where is the nearest hospital to Victoria del Portete?Centro de Salud Victoria del Portete, about 6.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Victoria del Portete?BANECUADOR, about 9.4 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Victoria del Portete?Cajero Cooperativa CREA deposito y retiro, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Victoria del Portete?PDV, about 3.8 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Victoria del Portete?1 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in Victoria del Portete?2 mapped - What is the P-code of Victoria del Portete?EC010171 (OCHA common operational dataset)