Milagro, Ecuador
City in Guayas, Ecuador / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Francisco de Milagro (also known as Milagro, which is Spanish for Miracle) is a city located in Guayas, Ecuador. It is the seat of Milagro Canton.
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Milagro | |
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San Francisco de Milagro | |
Nickname: Tierra de la caña de azucar y de la piña (Milagro la ciudad mas dulce del Ecuador) | |
Motto: Milagro is changing (Milagro esta cambiando) | |
Coordinates: 02°08′05″S 79°35′14″W | |
Country | Ecuador |
Province | Guayas |
Canton | Milagro |
Founded | 17 September 1913 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pedro Solines |
Area | |
• City | 26.06 km2 (10.06 sq mi) |
Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
Population (2022)[1] | |
• City | 159,970 |
• Density | 6,100/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (ECT) |
Area code | (+593) 04 |
Climate | Aw |
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Milagro is the fourth largest city in the province of Guayas. As of the census of 2022, there were 195,943 people residing within the canton limits.[2]
Denisse Robles, mayor (2014), pledged to get a city railway station and to improve the coverage of Milagro's drinking water.[3] She was elected the mayor of Milagro in 2014 with 38% of the vote, finishing ahead of the incumbent mayor Francisco Asan.[4] Robles assumed office in May 2014, becoming the first female mayor of the city, and the youngest mayor in the country.[5]