Official Name: | Zaruma Canton |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Image Map1: | Cantones de El Oro.png |
Map Caption1: | Cantons of El Oro Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Name1: | El Oro Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 652.1 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 24374 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | -3.4333°N -115°W |
Zaruma Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the El Oro Province. Its capital is the town of Zaruma. Its population at the 2001 census was 23,407.[2]
Zaruma was named a Pueblo Mágico (magical town) by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) in 2019. It is one of five communities across the country that inaugurated the programme that year.[3]
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[4]