La Troncal is the seat of La Troncal Canton in the Cañar Province, Ecuador.
La Troncal | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  La Troncal | |
| Coordinates: 2°24′0″S 79°19′48″W / 2.40000°S 79.33000°W | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Province | Cañar |
| Canton | La Troncal Canton |
| Area | |
| • Town | 10.01 km2 (3.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census)[1] | |
| • Town | 39,600 |
| • Density | 4,000/km2 (10,000/sq mi) |
| Climate | Aw |
The region that would become this significant town, was sparsely populated by farmers until the 1950s. The population began to grow in the 1950s, when migrants from Azuay, and the Cañar provinces began to settle in the area in search of new and better job opportunities.[2]
Around the 1990s thanks to the growth of the sugar mill Aztra, migrants from Manabi also began to move in, by which the population was gradually growing in size and importance.
Climate
edit| Climate data for La Troncal (Pancho Negro), elevation 72 m (236 ft), (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.4 (85.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.3 (68.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 274.0 (10.79) |
388.0 (15.28) |
399.0 (15.71) |
292.0 (11.50) |
80.0 (3.15) |
42.0 (1.65) |
10.0 (0.39) |
8.0 (0.31) |
13.0 (0.51) |
19.0 (0.75) |
19.0 (0.75) |
77.0 (3.03) |
1,621 (63.82) |
| Source: FAO[3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- www.inec.gov.ec (pdf)
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population and area of La Troncal
- ^ "Enciclopedia del Ecuador - Efrén Avilés Pino - LA TRONCAL". Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
- ^ "World-wide Agroclimatic Data of FAO (FAOCLIM)". Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
External links
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