Milagro, Ecuador
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.
Milagro | |
|---|---|
City | |
| San Francisco de Milagro | |
 From top, left to right: St. Francis of Assisi Central Church, monument to the Pineapple, 17th September avenue, monument to the Hummingbird, monument to the Harvester, 9th October street. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| 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) | |
  Milagro Location in Ecuador | |
| 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 |
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]
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 (77) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 253 (10.0) |
290 (11.4) |
320 (12.6) |
220 (8.7) |
63 (2.5) |
28 (1.1) |
17 (0.7) |
1 (0.0) |
5 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
9 (0.4) |
55 (2.2) |
1,265 (50) |
| Source: The Weather Network [6] | |||||||||||||
References
- Citypopulation.de Population and area of Milagro
- Citypopulation.de Population of Milagro Canton
- "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.
- "La reelección no fue para todos". Expreso. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- "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.
- "Climate Statistics for Milagro, Ecuador". Retrieved January 24, 2012.
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