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Saraguro (also Sarakuru) is the capital of Saraguro Canton in
Loja Province Loja Province () is one of 24 provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west with El Oro Province, on the north with El Azuay, and on the east with Zamora-Chinchipe. Founded on its present site in 1548 by Captain Alonso de Mer ...
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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: ' ...
. Saraguro parish has an area of . The population of the parish increased from 7,346 in 2001 to 9,045 in 2010. Saraguro town had a population of 3,124 in 2001 and 4,031 in 2010 and has an elevation of . The Saraguro is an Indigenous people part of the Kichwa nation who inhabit the Southern Highlands in Ecuador. They are a major component of the population and culture of the town and canton of Saraguro, which other major group of inhabitants are ''mestizos''. Their clothing is characterized in the men by the ponchos and white hats with black spots (at the moment, they used the hats with wide wing made of wool of sheep) and espadrilles; and in women by the anacos and shawls of the same color.


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Populated places in Loja Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub