Guayaquil | |
Official Name: | Municipality of Guayaquil |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Image Map1: | MapaSageo-Guayas-02.png |
Map Caption1: | Cantons of Guayas Province |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Name2: | Guayas |
Seat Type: | Seat |
Seat: | Guayaquil |
Parts Type: | Parishes |
Parts Style: | coll |
Parts: | List of parishes |
P1: | Ayauchco |
P2: | Bolivar (Sagrario) |
P3: | Carbo (Concepcion) |
P4: | Febres Cordero |
P5: | Garcia Moreno |
P6: | Letamendi |
P7: | Nueve de Octubre |
P8: | Olmedo (San Alejo) |
P9: | Roca |
P10: | Rocafuerte |
P11: | Sucre |
P12: | Tarqui |
P13: | Urdaneta |
P14: | Ximena |
P15: | Juan Gomez Rendon (Progreso) |
P16: | Morro |
P17: | Posorja |
P18: | Puna |
P19: | Tenguel |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Aquiles Álvarez |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Established Date: | June 25, 1538 |
Founder: | Francisco de Orellana |
Named For: | Guayas River |
Area Total Km2: | 4830 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Total: | 2746403 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2650288 |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Website: | https://www.guayaquil.gob.ec/ |
Coordinates: | -2.1833°N -132°W |
The Guayaquil Canton, officially the Municipality of Guayaquil, is a canton in the center of the Guayas Province in western Ecuador. The canton was named after its seat, the city of Guayaquil, the most populous city in Ecuador.
The canton is divided into 16 urban parishes and 5 rural parishes. The urban parishes make up the city of Guayaquil.
Urban parishes
Rural parishes
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[2]