Milagro, Ecuador

City in Guayas, Ecuador

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 / -2.13472; -79.58722
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]

## Climate

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Climate data for Milagro, elevation 13 m (43 ft), (1971–2000)

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

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1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Milagro
2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Milagro Canton
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ "La reelección no fue para todos". Expreso. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ "CLIMWAT climatic database". Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Milagro.

* www.milagro.gob.ec

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX