# Huasaga Parish, Taisha Canton, Morona Santiago Province > Source: https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/morona-santiago/taisha/huasaga/ Parish · Taisha Canton # Huasaga Huasaga is a parish of Ecuador in Taisha Canton, Morona Santiago Province. It covers **1,249.1 km²**. 28 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 1,249km² - 1mapped service - 278 mtypical elevation ## Where is Huasaga? Huasaga lies in [Taisha Canton](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/morona-santiago/taisha/), [Morona Santiago Province](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/morona-santiago/), [Ecuador](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/). It borders 4 other parishes: [Montalvo](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/pastaza/pastaza/montalvo/), [Pumpuentsa](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/morona-santiago/taisha/pumpuentsa/), [Sarayacu](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/pastaza/pastaza/sarayacu/) and [Taisha](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/morona-santiago/taisha/taisha/). By area it is the 20th largest of 1,042 parishes in Ecuador. It covers 20.4% of [Taisha Canton](https://wherepedia.org/ecuador/morona-santiago/taisha/). The centre of Huasaga is about 298 km in a straight line from Quito, the capital. It is about 44 km from Taisha, the main town of Taisha Canton. The centre point is at 2.4922° S, 77.0924° 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). ## Know before you go: Huasaga - 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 - Coronel E Carvajal Airport (XMS) · Macas116 km - Mariscal Lamar Airport (CUE) · Cuenca215 km ### Daylight Days are longest in Dec (about 12.3 hours, sunrise around 05:55) and shortest in Jun (about 12.0 hours, sunrise around 06:09, sunset around 18:07). 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 Huasaga Open gazetteers list **28 villages, towns and localities** in Huasaga. Settlements here lie between about 265 m and 283 m above sea level (median 278 m). - Chumbela - Guambi - Huasaga Nueve - Huasaga Nuevo - Ipiak - Ishpingo - Kaiptacha - Kashap - Kuchints - Kuchintsa - Kuservantz - Mashumi - Napurak - Nases - Pakints - Pancho - Pincho - Putuim - Shuwinmamus - Surik - Surik Nuevo - Surinkentsa - Tarimiat - Tariniat - Tunikran - Wachirpas - Wampuik - Wishu 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 Huasaga Named natural and historic features inside Huasaga, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Río Wampir ### Getting around 15 airfields. - Capitan Chiriboga - Cuchintza - Huasaga South - Ipiak - Ishpingo de Amuntay - Kaiptach - Mashuim - Pakintza - Rio Huasaga East 1 - Shuin Mamus - Surikentza - Tarimiant - Tunikram - Wachirpas - Wanpuik 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 Huasaga and the best time to visit Using the climate of Taisha Canton, the warmest month is Feb (average 24 °C) and the coolest is Jul (22 °C). About 2,275 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Apr (227 mm) and the driest Sep (135 mm). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 24 168 Feb 24 177 Mar 24 224 Apr 24 227 May 23 222 Jun 22 221 Jul 22 175 Aug 23 153 Sep 24 135 Oct 24 193 Nov 24 189 Dec 24 192 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Huasaga Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Centro de salud Wachirpas · Huasaga 33 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-2.57327&mlon=-76.80720#map=17/-2.57327/-76.80720) Hotel Kapawi Ecolodge · Montalvo 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-2.54067&mlon=-76.85880#map=17/-2.54067/-76.85880) School Suwa School · Montalvo 19 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-2.54310&mlon=-76.92767#map=17/-2.54310/-76.92767) 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 Huasaga Places mapped inside Huasaga in open map data, by type. - Hospitals1 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 Taisha Canton - Macuma - Pumpuentsa - Taisha - Tuutinentsa ## Quick answers - Where is Huasaga?In Taisha Canton, Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador - What borders Huasaga?Montalvo, Pumpuentsa, Sarayacu and Taisha - What time zone is Huasaga in?UTC−5 - What currency is used in Huasaga?Dollar (USD) - What language is spoken in Huasaga?Spanish (main languages nationally) - How many villages are in Huasaga?28 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Huasaga?Settlements lie between 265 m and 283 m - Where is the nearest hospital to Huasaga?Centro de salud Wachirpas, about 33 km from the centre - How many hospitals are in Huasaga?1 mapped - What is the P-code of Huasaga?EC140951 (OCHA common operational dataset)