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 | |
| 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 / 2.13472°S 79.58722°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
edit| Climate data for Milagro, elevation 13 m (43 ft), (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.0 (86.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 257.0 (10.12) |
276.0 (10.87) |
282.0 (11.10) |
224.0 (8.82) |
63.0 (2.48) |
30.0 (1.18) |
1.0 (0.04) |
1.0 (0.04) |
6.0 (0.24) |
4.0 (0.16) |
10.0 (0.39) |
56.0 (2.20) |
1,210 (47.64) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 87 | 85 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 82 |
| Source: FAO[6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "CLIMWAT climatic database". Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
External links
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