Riobamba Canton is one of ten canton

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...

s of the Chimborazo Province

Chimborazo Province

Chimborazo is a province in Ecuador, located in the central Ecuadorian Andes, containing a section of Sangay National Park. The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo , Ecuador's highest mountain.- Cantons :...

 in 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...

. Its population at the 2001 census was 193,315. Its capital is the town of Riobamba

Riobamba

Riobamba is the capital of the Chimborazo Province in central Ecuador, which is located at the Chambo River Valley of the Andes. It is south of Ecuador's capital Quito and located at 2754 m on the Avenue of the Volcanoes...

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Subdivision

The canton is divided into 16 parishes, five urban parishes, Lizarzaburu, Maldonado, Velasco, Veloz and Yaruquíes, and eleven rural parishes: Cacha, Calpi, Cubijíes, Flores, Licán, Licto, Pungalá, Punín, Químiag, San Juan and San Luís.

Parish	Inhabitants (2001)
Total	193,315
Riobamba (urban)	124,807
Rural area	68,508
Periphery	10,543
Cacha Parish	3,763
Calpi Parish	6,170
Cubijíes Parish	2,207
Flores Parish	5,548
Licán Parish	-
Licto Parish	7,499
Pungalá Parish	6,110
Punín Parish	5,980
Químiag Parish	5,472
San Juan Parish	6,863
San Luís Parish	8,353

External links

• www.codeso.com / Map of Chimborazo Province