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 |
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 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]
- ^ 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.