Zaruma Canton
Canton in El Oro Province, Ecuador
3°26′S 79°36′W / 3.433°S 79.600°W / -3.433; -79.600![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png)
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Zaruma Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the El Oro Province. Its capital is the town of Zaruma. Its population at the 2001 census was 23,407.[2]
Zaruma was named a Pueblo Mágico (magical town) by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) in 2019. It is one of five communities across the country that inaugurated the programme that year.[3]
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[4]
- Mestizo 83.6%
- White 7.4%
- Montubio 6.6%
- Afro-Ecuadorian 2.1%
- Indigenous 0.2%
- Other 0.2%
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- Camilo Ponce Enríquez
- Chordeleg
- Cuenca
- El Pan
- Girón
- Guachapala
- Gualaceo
- Nabón
- Oña
- Paute
- Pucará
- San Fernando
- Santa Isabel
- Sevilla de Oro
- Sigsig
de los Tsáchilas
- Santo Domingo
- La Concordia
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