Official Name: | Antonio Ante Canton |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Image Map1: | Antonio Ante in Imbabura (Ecuador).svg |
Map Caption1: | Cantons of Imbabura Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Name1: | Imbabura Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Atuntaqui |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 79.79 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 53771 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 0.32°N -78.21°W |
Antonio Ante Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in Imbabura Province. Its population at the 2001 census was 36,053.[2] and increased to 43,518 in the 2010 census.[3] The canton has an area of 79.79sqkm.
Its capital is the town of Atuntaqui, located 10km (10miles) east in straight line distance from the provincial capital of Ibarra. The province is in the Andes, the capital at an elevation of 2405m (7,890feet) above sea level.[4]
Antonio Ante is divided into five parishes: Atuntaqui (Hauntaki), Imbaya (San Luis de Cobuendo), San Francisco de Natabuela (Natawila), San José de Chaltura, and San Roque.[5]
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[6]