Official Name: | Salcedo Canton |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Image Map1: | Parroquias de Salcedo.JPG |
Map Caption1: | Parishes of Salcedo Canton |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Name1: | Cotopaxi Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Subdivision Name2: | San Miguel de Salcedo |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 468.1 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 67493 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | -1.05°N -78.5833°W |
Salcedo is a canton in the Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. in 2022 it had a population of 67,493. The capital of the canton is San Miguel de Salcedo.
Salcedo is famous for its ice cream.Salecdo is a canton that has 6 parroquias Cusubamba, Santa Lucia, Mulalillo, Mulliquindil, Panzaleo and the main parroquia is San Miguel the canton is 484 sq kilometers 300 sq miles the canton is in southern Cotopaxi province.
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[2]