Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno Canton Explained

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]

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[3]

Geography

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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/guayas/0902/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Cantón A. Baquerizo Moreno at Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos de Ecuador (INEC). Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  3. Web site: Resultados.