Sucre Canton is a canton of

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, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the city of

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. Its population at the 2001 census was 52,158. The canton owes its name to Marshal

Antonio José de Sucre Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (; 3 February 1795 – 4 June 1830), known as the "Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho" ( en, "Grand Marshal of Ayacucho"), was a Venezuelan independence leader who served as the president of Peru and as the second p ...

Extension and limits

Sucre has an area of 764

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and its limits are: *To the North with the Canton of San Vicente. *To the south with the cantons of Portoviejo and Rocafuerte. *To the east with the cantons Tosagua and Rocafuerte. *To the west with the

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. *The parish of San Isidro is separated from the rest of the canton by the canton of San Vicente.

Political Division

Sucre is divided into four parishes: *Urban Parishes **Bay of Caráquez **Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez *Rural Parishes **Charapotó **San Isidro

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: * Mestizo 78.8% * Montubio 9.2% * Afro-Ecuadorian 7.0% *

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4.5% *

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0.1% *Other 0.4%

Extension and limits

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