Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno is a canton of the province of Guayas in the Republic of Ecuador. Its official name was given in honor of Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (1859 – 1951), who served three times as the president of Ecuador. It is also known as Juján, a name which came from a regional plant. The canton covers an area of 228.6 square kilometres (88.3 sq mi). Its canton seat is also known as Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno or Juján.
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno
(Juján) | |
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Canton | |
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 Location of Guayas in Ecuador | |
 Cantons of Guayas Province | |
| Coordinates: 01°55′S 079°31′W / 1.917°S 79.517°W | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Province | Guayas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 228.6 km2 (88.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 25,526 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
As of the census of 2001, there were 19,982 people residing within the canton limits.[2]
Demographics edit
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[3]
- Mestizo 50.5%
- Montubio 38.0%
- Afro-Ecuadorian 6.9%
- White 4.2%
- Indigenous 0.3%
- Other 0.1%
Geography edit
The Jujan canton is located in the west of the province of Guayas. It is bordered on the north by Los Ríos Province; on the south by Milagro Canton; on the east by the Simón Bolívar Canton; and on the west by the cantons of Samborondón and Yaguachi.
References edit
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno Canton
- ^ (in Spanish) Cantón A. Baquerizo Moreno Archived 14 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine at Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos de Ecuador Archived 13 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine (INEC). Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ^ "Resultados".
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Jujan) at Gobierno Provincial del Guayas
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