Official Name: | Penipe Canton |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Image Map1: | Penipe in Chimborazo (Ecuador).svg |
Map Caption1: | Penipe Canton in Chimborazo Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Penipe |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | -1.5573°N -78.5396°W |
Penipe Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Chimborazo Province. Its capital is the town of Penipe. Its population at the 2001 census was 6,485.[1]
The canton consists of one urban parish, Penipe Parish and six rural ones: