Machala Canton

Machala Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the El [Oro Province]. Its capital is the town of Machala. Its population at the 2001 census was 217,696.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:

Mestizo 78.6%
Afro-Ecuadorian 9.3%
White [Latin American|White] 9.2%
Montubio 1.5%
Indigenous [peoples in Ecuador|Indigenous] 1.1%
Other 0.4%