Sucre Canton Explained

Official Name:	Sucre Canton
Settlement Type:	Canton
Image Map1:	Sucre in Manabi (Ecuador).svg
Map Caption1:	Sucre Canton in Manabí Province
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Ecuador
Subdivision Name1:	Manabí Province
Subdivision Type2:	Capital
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	693.5
Population As Of:	2022 census
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	62841
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	ECT
Utc Offset:	-5
Coordinates:	-0.6°N -80.4167°W

Sucre Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the city of Bahía de Caráquez. Its population at the 2001 census was 52,158.^[2] The canton owes its name to Marshal Antonio José de Sucre.

Extension and limits

Sucre has an area of 764 km² and its limits are:

• To the North with the Canton of San Vicente.
• To the south with the cantons of Portoviejo and Rocafuerte.
• To the east with the cantons Tosagua and Rocafuerte.
• To the west with the Pacific Ocean.
• The parish of San Isidro is separated from the rest of the canton by the canton of San Vicente.

Political Division

Sucre is divided into four parishes:

• Urban Parishes
  • Bay of Caráquez
  • Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez
• Rural Parishes
  • Charapotó
  • San Isidro

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:^[3]

• Mestizo 78.8%
• Montubio 9.2%
• Afro-Ecuadorian 7.0%
• White 4.5%
• Indigenous 0.1%
• Other 0.4%

See also

• Antonio José de Sucre
• Sucre, Manabí

Notes and References

1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/manab%C3%AD/1314__sucre/ Citypopulation.de
2. http://www.statoids.com/yec.html Cantons of Ecuador
3. Web site: Resultados.