Official Name: | Latacunga Canton |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Image Map1: | Parroquias del Cantón Latacunga.JPG |
Map Caption1: | Parishes of Latacunga Canton |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Name1: | Cotopaxi Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | Latacunga |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1494 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 217261 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | -0.9333°N -115°W |
Latacunga Canton is one of seven cantons of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. Its population at the 2001 census was 143,979.[2] Its capital is the town of Latacunga.
The capital of the canton consists of the following urban parishes: Eloy Alfaro (San Felipe), Ignacio Flores (La Laguna), Juan Montalvo (San Sebastián), La Matríz, San Buenaventura.
The canton is divided into the following rural parishes:
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[3]