Milagro, Ecuador Explained

Milagro
Official Name:San Francisco de Milagro
Nickname:Tierra de la caña de azucar y de la piña (Milagro la ciudad mas dulce del Ecuador)
Settlement Type:City
Total Type:City
Motto:Milagro is changing (Milagro esta cambiando)
Pushpin Map:Ecuador
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ecuador
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Guayas
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Milagro
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Pedro Solines
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:17 September 1913
Area Total Km2:26.06
Elevation M:12
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:159970
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:ECT
Utc Offset:-5
Coordinates:-2.1347°N -79.5872°W
Blank Name Sec1:Climate
Blank Info Sec1:Aw
Area Code:(+593) 04
Blank Name:Demonym
Blank Info:milagreño, -a

San Francisco de Milagro (also known as Milagro, which is Spanish for Miracle) is a city located in Guayas, Ecuador. It is the seat of Milagro Canton.

Milagro is the fourth largest city in the province of Guayas. As of the census of 2022, there were 195,943 people residing within the canton limits.[2]

Denisse Robles, mayor (2014), pledged to get a city railway station and to improve the coverage of Milagro's drinking water.[3] She was elected the mayor of Milagro in 2014 with 38% of the vote, finishing ahead of the incumbent mayor Francisco Asan.[4] Robles assumed office in May 2014, becoming the first female mayor of the city, and the youngest mayor in the country.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/towns/guayas/091050__milagro/ Citypopulation.de
  2. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/guayas/0910__milagro/ Citypopulation.de
  3. Web site: Entre el cambio y la continuidad. El Telégrafo. 13 January 2014. 30 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160403093546/http://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/politica/1/entre-el-cambio-y-la-continuidad. 3 April 2016. Spanish.
  4. Web site: La reelección no fue para todos. Expreso. 24 February 2014. 29 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160427045435/http://expreso.ec/historico/la-reeleccion-no-fue-para-todos-FWGR_5765224. 27 April 2016.
  5. Web site: Denisse Robles asumió alcaldía de Milagro. TC Television. 15 May 2014. 29 July 2016. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221000/http://www.tctelevision.com/elnoticiero/denisse-robles-asumio-alcaldia-milagro. 4 March 2016.