San Pedro de Huaca 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
Carchi Province. Its capital is the town of
Huaca
In the Quechuan languages of South America, a huaca or wak'a is an object that represents something revered, typically a monument of some kind. The term ''huaca'' can refer to natural locations, such as immense rocks. Some huacas have been asso ...
. Its population in the 2001 census was 6,856 and in 2010 was 7,624. The area is .
The canton is located in the
Andes
The Andes ( ), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (; ) are the List of longest mountain chains on Earth, longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range ...
. The town of Huaca has an elevation of above sea level.
The canton is divided into two parishes: Huaca (Waka) and Mariscal Sucre.
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. , 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 ...
93.4%
*
White
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3.2%
*
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 ...
1.8%
*
Indigenous 1.4%
*Montubio 0.2%
*Other 0.1%
References
Cantons of Carchi Province
{{Cantons of Ecuador