Salcedo is a

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

in the

Cotopaxi Province Cotopaxi () is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province contains the Cotopaxi Volcano, an intermittent volcano with a height of . Cantons The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each c ...

, Ecuador. in 2014 it had a population of 70,000. The capital of the canton is

San Miguel de Salcedo San Miguel de Salcedo (better known as Salcedo) is a city in Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador. It is the capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter ...

. Salcedo is famous for its ice cream. Salecdo is a canton that has 6 parroquias Cusubamba, Santa Lucia, Mulalillo, Mulliquindil, Panzaleo and the main parroquia is San Miguel the canton is 484 sq kilometers 300 sq miles the canton is in southern Cotopaxi province.

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: *

Mestizo (; ; fem. ) is a term used for racial classification to refer to a person of mixed Ethnic groups in Europe, European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous American ancestry. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also r ...

68.6% * Indigenous 27.9% * White 2.0% *

Afro-Ecuadorian Afro-Ecuadorians or Afroecuatorianos (Spanish), are Ecuadorians of predominantly Sub-Saharan African descent. History and background Most Afro-Ecuadorians are the descendants of enslaved Africans who were transported by Spanish slavers to Ecuad ...

1.1% *

Montubio Montubio is the term used to describe the 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 spring of 2001 after prot ...

0.4% *Other 0.0%

References

www.inec.gov.ec

External links

www.ame.gov.ec
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