Latacunga Canton
Canton in Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador
0°56′S 78°37′W / 0.933°S 78.617°W / -0.933; -78.617
Ecuador (2022 census)[1]
Latacunga Canton is one of seven cantons of the Cotopaxi Province in Ecuador. Its population at the 2001 census was 143,979.[2] Its capital is the town of Latacunga.
Subdivision
The capital of the canton consists of the following urban parishes: Eloy Alfaro (San Felipe), Ignacio Flores (La Laguna), Juan Montalvo (San Sebastián), La Matríz, San Buenaventura.
The canton is divided into the following rural parishes:
- Toacaso
- San Juan de Pastocalle
- Mulaló
- Tanicuchí
- Guaytacama
- Alaques
- Poaló
- Once de Noviembre
- Belisario Quevedo
- Joseguango Bajo
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[3]
- Mestizo 86.4%
- Indigenous 8.5%
- White 2.7%
- Afro-Ecuadorian 1.5%
- Montubio 0.7%
- Other 0.1%
References
External links
- Map of Cotopaxi Province
- www.latacunga.gov.ec
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