Pujilí Canton is one of seven cantons of the

Cotopaxi Province Cotopaxi () is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province contains the Cotopaxi volcano, an intermittent volcano with a height of . Cantons The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each ...

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. Its population at the 2001 census was 60,728. Its capital is the town of Pujilí.

Subdivision

The canton is divided into seven parishes, one urban parish, Pujilí, and six rural ones: * Angamarca * Guangaje * La Victoria * Pílalo * Tingo * Zumbahua File:Pujilí.jpg, Pujilí File:MONTAÑAS DE ZUMBAHUA.JPG, Mountains of Zumbahua File:Zumbahua centro.jpg, Zumbahua

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: * Indigenous 51.8% *

Mestizo ( , ; fem. , literally 'mixed person') is a term primarily used to denote people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the former Spanish Empire. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturall ...

46.1% *

White White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...

1.0% *

Afro-Ecuadorian Afro-Ecuadorians (), also known as Black Ecuadorians (), are Ecuadorians of predominantly Sub-Saharan African descent. History and background Most Afro-Ecuadorians are the descendants of enslaved Africans who were transported by predominantly B ...

0.6% *

Montubio Montubio is the term used to describe the Mestizos in Ecuador, mestizo people of the countryside of coastal Ecuador. The Montubio make up 7.4% of the country's population and were recognized as a distinct ethnicity by the government in the sprin ...

0.5% *Other 0.1%

Climate

References

External links

www.codeso.com / Map of Cotopaxi Province
Cantons of Cotopaxi Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub