Chaguarpamba is a canton in the Province of
Loja Ecuador. Its seat is
Chaguarpamba. The canton is located in the north of the province and is bordered by the cantons of
Catamayo
Catamayo is a city in the Loja Province, Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the E ...
, Olmedo,
Paltas
Paltas is located to the south of Loja city and is one of the oldest cantons of province of the same name. It was named after the Paltas, a community who used to live over the new city now called Catacocha in Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua ...
, and the province of
El Oro. The name is
Quichua for "Valley of
Jaguar
The jaguar (''Panthera onca'') is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus '' Panthera'' native to the Americas. With a body length of up to and a weight of up to , it is the largest cat species in the Americas and the th ...
s." It occupies an area of 313.4 km
2 at an altitude of 1050 m, with a population of 6,857. Average temperature is between 18 and 24 °C
Chaguarpamba is noted for its
coffee.
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 ...
95.7%
*
White 2.3%
*Montubio 1.3%
*
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 ...
0.6%
*
Indigenous 0.1%
*Other 0.0%
References
Cantons of Loja Province
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