Ibarra Canton is a
canton of
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
, located in
Imbabura Province
Imbabura () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province located in the Andes of northern Ecuador. The capital is Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra. The people of the province speak Spanish, and a large portion of the population also speak the Imbaburan Kichwa va ...
. Its capital is the town of
Ibarra. Its population in the 2001 census was 153,256 and 181,175 in the 2010 census. The area of the canton is .
Ibarra is located in the
Andes
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region of northern Ecuador. The capital city is situated at an altitude of above sea level.
The canton is divided into seven parishes:
Ambuquí (Ampuki), Angochagua (Ankuchawa), Carolina (Karulina),
La Esperanza, Lita, Salinas,
San Antonio de Ibarra.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the
Ecuadorian census The Ecuadorian census is conducted by the governmental institution known as ''INEC'', ''Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos'' (National Institute of Statistics and Census).INEC The census in Ecuador is conducted every 10 years, and its obj ...
of 2010:
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Mestizo
( , ; fem. , literally 'mixed person') is a term primarily used to denote people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the former Spanish Empire. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturall ...
78.2%
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Indigenous 8.8%
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Afro-Ecuadorian
Afro-Ecuadorians (), also known as Black Ecuadorians (), are Ecuadorians of predominantly Sub-Saharan African descent.
History and background
Most Afro-Ecuadorians are the descendants of enslaved Africans who were transported by predominantly B ...
8.7%
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White
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3.8%
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Montubio
Montubio is the term used to describe the Mestizos in Ecuador, mestizo people of the countryside of coastal Ecuador. The Montubio make up 7.4% of the country's population and were recognized as a distinct ethnicity by the government in the sprin ...
0.3%
*Other 0.2%
See also
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Inca-Caranqui
The Inca-Caranqui archaeological site is located in the village of Caranqui on the southern outskirts of the city of Ibarra, Ecuador. The ruin is located in a fertile valley at an elevation of . The region around Caranqui, extending into the pres ...
, archaeological site
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La Esperanza, Ecuador
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Yawarkucha
Yawarkucha or Yawar Kucha (Kichwa language, Kichwa ''yawar'' blood, ''kucha'' lake, "blood lake"), Hispanicized spellings ''Yaguarcocha, Yahuarcocha'') is a lake in Ecuador located in the eastern outskirts of the city of Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra i ...
References
Cantons of Imbabura Province
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