Pedernales Canton is a
canton of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
, located in the
Manabí Province. Its capital is the town of
Pedernales. Its population at the 2001 census was 46,876.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the
Ecuadorian census of 2010:
*
White
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82.0%
*
Afro-Ecuadorian 7.9%
*
Montubio 5.9%
*
Mestizo 3.6%
*
Indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
0.3%
*Other 0.2%
References
Cantons of Manabí Province
{{Cantons of Ecuador