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Guayaquil (canton)
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The Guayaquil Canton, official the Municipality of Guayaquil, is a canton
in the center of the Guayas Province in western Ecuador
. The canton was named after its seat, the city of Guayaquil
, the most populous city in Ecuador.
Urban parishes
Rural parishes
Cantons of Ecuador
The Cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. There are 226 cantons in the country, of which three are not in any province. The cantons are further sub-divided into parishes, which are classified as either urban or rural...
in the center of the Guayas Province in western Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. The canton was named after its seat, the city of Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
, the most populous city in Ecuador.
Political divisions
The canton is divided into 14 urban parishes and 5 rural parishes. The urban parishes make up the city of Guayaquil.Urban parishes
- Ayauchco
- Bolivar (Sagario)
- Carbo (Concepcion)
- Febres Cordero
- Garcia Moreno
- Letamendi
- Nueva de Octubre
- Olmedo (San Alejo)
- Roca
- Rocafuerte
- Sucre
- Tarqui
- Urdaneta
- Ximena
Rural parishes
- Juan Gomez Rendon (Progreso)
- Morro
- Posorja
- Puna
- Tenguel