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Guayaquil Canton

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Country
  
Founded by
  
Seat
  
Area
  
6,048 km²

Province
  
Guayas

Foundation
  
June 25, 1538

Named for
  
Time zone
  
ECT (UTC-5)

Local time
  
Saturday 5:03 AM

Founder
  
Francisco de Orellana

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Weather
  
25°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 93% Humidity

The Guayaquil Canton, official the Municipality of Guayaquil, is a canton in the center of the Guayas Province in western Ecuador. The canton was named after its seat, the city of Guayaquil, the most populous city in Ecuador.

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Political divisions

The canton is divided into 16 urban parishes and 5 rural parishes. The urban parishes make up the city of Guayaquil.

Urban parishes

  • Ayacucho
  • Bolivar (Sagario)
  • Carbo (Concepcion)
  • Chongón
  • Febres Cordero
  • Garcia Moreno
  • Letamendi
  • Nueva de Octubre
  • Olmedo (San Alejo)
  • Pascuales
  • Roca
  • Rocafuerte
  • Sucre
  • Tarqui
  • Urdaneta
  • Ximena
  • Rural parishes

  • Juan Gomez Rendon (Progreso)
  • Morro
  • Posorja
  • Puná
  • Tenguel
  • Demographics

    Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:

  • Mestizo 70.8%
  • White 11.4%
  • Afro-Ecuadorian 10.9%
  • Montubio 5.0%
  • Indigenous 1.4%
  • Other 0.6%
  • References

    Guayaquil Canton Wikipedia


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