# Zaruma Canton

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'''Zaruma Canton''' is a [canton](/source/cantons_of_Ecuador) of [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador), located in the [El Oro Province](/source/El_Oro_Province).  Its capital is the town of [Zaruma](/source/Zaruma).  Its population at the 2001 census was 23,407.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yec.html Cantons of Ecuador] at statoids.com</ref>

Zaruma was named a ''[Pueblo Mágico](/source/Pueblos_M%C3%A1gicos_(Ecuador))'' (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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zaruma declarada Pueblo Mágico de Ecuador – Ministerio de Turismo|url=https://www.turismo.gob.ec/zaruma-declarada-pueblo-magico-de-ecuador/|access-date=2021-04-02|language=es}}</ref>

==Demographics==
Ethnic groups as of the [Ecuadorian census](/source/Ecuadorian_census) of 2010:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/resultados/ | title=Resultados }}</ref>
*[Mestizo](/source/Mestizo)  83.6%
*[White](/source/White_Latin_American)  7.4%
*Montubio  6.6%
*[Afro-Ecuadorian](/source/Afro-Ecuadorian)  2.1%
*[Indigenous](/source/Indigenous_peoples_in_Ecuador)  0.2%
*Other  0.2%

==References==
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{{Cantons of Ecuador}}

Category:Cantons of El Oro Province

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