Santo Domingo Canton (Ecuador)
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Santo Domingo de los Colorados or simply known as Santo Domingo, is the biggest canton in the
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas () is a Provinces of Ecuador, province in the Republic of Ecuador, created in October 2007 from territory previously in the province of Pichincha Province, Pichincha. Overview The name of the province refers to a ...
, after La Concordia officially became part of the province on May 31, 2013. The canton is named after its seat, the town of
Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...
. The canton partially occupies the Toachi
river basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, th ...
. The Toachi river flows into the Daule river.


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 ...
81.0% *
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 ...
7.7% *
White White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
6.8% *
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 ...
2.5% * Indigenous 1.7% *Other 0.3%


Political divisions

Santo Domingo Canton is divided into 7 urban parishes and 7 rural parishes. * Urban parishes: Santo Domingo, Chiguilpe, Río Verde, Bombolí, Zaracay, Abraham Calazacón, Río Toachi * Rural parishes: San José de Alluriquín, El Esfuerzo, Luz de América, Puerto Limón, San Jacinto del Búa, Santa María del Toachi, Valle Hermoso


Climate


References

Cantons of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province 1967 establishments in Ecuador {{Ecuador-geo-stub qu:Santo Domingo de los Colorados kiti