Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno 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 ...

of the province of Guayas in the Republic of Ecuador. Its official name was given in honor of

Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (28 September 1859, in Guayaquil – 20 March 1951) was an Ecuadorian politician. He served as Vice President of Ecuador of Leónidas Plaza and Lizardo García from 1903 to 1906 and as President of Ecuador three ti ...

(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 . Its canton seat is also known as

or Juján. As of the census of 2001, there were 19,982 people residing within the canton limits.''Cantón A. Baquerizo Moreno''
a
''Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos de Ecuador''
(INEC). Retrieved 4 November 2009.

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 ...

50.5% *

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 ...

38.0% *

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 ...

6.9% * White 4.2% * Indigenous 0.3% *Other 0.1%

Geography

The Jujan canton is located in the west of the province of Guayas. It is bordered on the north by

Los Ríos Province Los Ríos () is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Babahoyo. The province was founded on October 6, 1860. Under legislative decree. Babahoyo was made its capital on September 30, 1948. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census o ...

; on the south by

Milagro Canton Milagro Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Guayas Province. Its capital is the town of Milagro. Its population at the 2001 census was 140,103. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: * Mestizo 75.4% * Montub ...

; on the east by the Simón Bolívar Canton; and on the west by the cantons of

Samborondón Samborondón is a canton in Ecuador’s Guayas province. It has 105 localities and two urban parishes (''La Puntilla'') and Samborondón Town (Cabecera cantonal) and one rural parish (''Tarifa''). La Puntilla's parish is one of the most exclusiv ...

and Yaguachi.

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Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Jujan)
at ''Gobierno Provincial del Guayas'' Cantons of Guayas Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub