Milagro, Ecuador

Milagro
City
Canton MIlagro

Milagro City Church

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Nickname(s): Tierra de la caña de azucar y de la piña (Milagro la ciudad mas dulce del Ecuador)
Motto: Milagro is changing (Milagro esta cambiando)
Milagro

Location in Ecuador

Coordinates: 02°08′05″S 79°35′14″W / 2.13472°S 79.58722°W / -2.13472; -79.58722Coordinates: 02°08′05″S 79°35′14″W / 2.13472°S 79.58722°W / -2.13472; -79.58722
Country Ecuador
Province Guayas
Canton Milagro
Founded 17 September 1913
Government
 • Mayor Eco. Dennise Robles Andrade
Area
 • Total 31.00 km2 (11.97 sq mi)
Elevation 12 m (39 ft)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 166,634
 • Density 5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Time zone ECT (UTC-5)
Area code(s) (+593) 04
Climate Aw

San Francisco de Milagro (Spanish for Miracle) is a city located in Guayas, Ecuador. It is the seat of Milagro Canton.

Milagro is the second largest city in the province of Guayas. As of the census of 2007, there were 180,103 people residing within the canton limits.

Denisse Robles, the new mayor, has pledged to get a city railway station and to improve the coverage of Milagro's drinking water.[2] She was elected the mayor of Milgaro in 2014 with 38% of the vote, finishing ahead of the incumbent mayor Francisco Ashan.[3] Robles assumed office in May 2014, becoming the first female mayor of the city, and the youngest mayor in the country.[4]

Sugar cane and pineapples are the most important produce.

Climate

Climate data for Milagro, Ecuador
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 26
(79)		 26
(79)		 26
(79)		 26
(79)		 26
(79)		 25
(77)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 25
(77)		 26
(79)		 25.2
(77.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 253
(9.96)		 290
(11.42)		 320
(12.6)		 220
(8.66)		 63
(2.48)		 28
(1.1)		 17
(0.67)		 1
(0.04)		 5
(0.2)		 4
(0.16)		 9
(0.35)		 55
(2.17)		 1,265
(49.81)
Source: The Weather Network [5]

References

  1. ↑ INEC census
  2. ↑ "Entre el cambio y la continuidad". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "La reelección no fue para todos". Expreso. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Denisse Robles asumió alcaldía de Milagro". TC Television (in Spanish). 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Climate Statistics for Milagro, Ecuador". Retrieved January 24, 2012.
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