Official Name: | San Miguel de Urcuquí Canton |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Image Map1: | San Miguel de Urcuqui in Imbabura (Ecuador).svg |
Map Caption1: | Cantons of Imbabura Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Name1: | Imbabura Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 735.3 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 17969 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
San Miguel de Urcuquí Canton, or Urkuki, is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Imbabura Province. Its seat is the town of Urcuquí. Its population in the 2001 census was 14,381[2] and was 15,671 in the 2010 census.[3] The area of the canton is 735.3sqkm.
San Miguel de Urcuquí is located in the Andes of northern Ecuador. The town and parish of Urcuqui had a population of 4,499 in 2000 and 5,205 in 2010 and has an elevation of 2295m (7,530feet) above sea level. The town is located about 9km (06miles) in straight line distance northwest of the city of Ibarra, the capital of Imbabura province.[4]
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[5]