Official Name: | Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno |
Other Name: | (Juján) |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Coordinates: | -1.9167°N -110°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Guayas |
Image Map1: | MapaSageo-Guayas-02.png |
Map Caption1: | Cantons of Guayas Province |
Area Total Km2: | 228.6 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 25526 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno is a canton of the province of Guayas in the Republic of Ecuador. Its official name was given in honor of Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (1859 – 1951), who served three times as the president of Ecuador. It is also known as Juján, a name which came from a regional plant. The canton covers an area of . Its canton seat is also known as Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno or Juján.
As of the census of 2001, there were 19,982 people residing within the canton limits.[2]
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[3]
The Jujan canton is located in the west of the province of Guayas. It is bordered on the north by Los Ríos Province; on the south by Milagro Canton; on the east by the Simón Bolívar Canton; and on the west by the cantons of Samborondón and Yaguachi.