Guayaquil Canton Explained

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.

Political divisions

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

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/guayas/0901__guayaquil/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Web site: Resultados.