Sucre Canton
Canton in Manabí Province, Ecuador
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Location of Manabí Province in Ecuador.
Sucre Canton in Manabí Province
(2022 census)[1]
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%
References
See also
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