Huaquillas Canton is a

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, located in the El Oro Province. Its capital is the town of

Huaquillas Huaquillas (''Spanish:'' /wa.'ki.ʝas/) is a border town in western El Oro, Ecuador. It is the canton seat of the Huaquillas Canton. Huaquillas is located on the border with Peru. An international bridge that goes over the Zarumilla River conn ...

. Its population at the 2001 census was 40,285.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the

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of 2010: *

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82.3% *

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7.0% *

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6.5% *Montubio 3.6% * Indigenous 0.5% *Other 0.2%

References

Cantons of El Oro Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub