Sucre Canton
Appearance
Sucre Canton | |
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Coordinates: 0°36′0″S 80°25′0″W / 0.60000°S 80.41667°W | |
Country | Ecuador |
Province | Manabí Province |
Area | |
• Total | 693.5 km2 (267.8 sq mi) |
Population (2022 census)[1] | |
• Total | 62,841 |
• Density | 91/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (ECT) |
Sucre Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the city of Bahía de Caráquez. Its population at the 2001 census was 52,158.[2] The canton owes its name to Marshal Antonio José de Sucre.
Extension and limits
[edit]Sucre has an area of 764 km² and its limits are:
- To the North with the Canton of San Vicente.
- To the south with the cantons of Portoviejo and Rocafuerte.
- To the east with the cantons Tosagua and Rocafuerte.
- To the west with the Pacific Ocean.
- The parish of San Isidro is separated from the rest of the canton by the canton of San Vicente.
Political Division
[edit]Sucre is divided into four parishes:
- Urban Parishes
- Bay of Caráquez
- Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez
- Rural Parishes
- Charapotó
- San Isidro
Demographics
[edit]Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[3]
- Mestizo 78.8%
- Montubio 9.2%
- Afro-Ecuadorian 7.0%
- White 4.5%
- Indigenous 0.1%
- Other 0.4%
References
[edit]- ^ Citypopulation.de
- ^ Cantons of Ecuador at statoids.com
- ^ "Resultados".
See also
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