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GEO2_EC2010
Ecuador, Canton 2010 [Level 2, GIS]

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Description

GEO2_EC2010 identifies the household's canton within Ecuador in 2010. Cantons are the second level administrative units of the country, after provinces. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_EC2010 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Ecuador can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

Comparability — General

The areas included in the disputed zones might vary from one census year to another. The 2010 sample identifies Las Golondrinas, Manga Del Cura, and El Piedrero as disputed zones.

Cantons with populations less than 20,000 (based on the most recent sample year) were regionalized (combined) with neighboring cantons within the same provinces to create units with populations greater than 20,000.

Universe

  • All households

Availability

  • Ecuador: 2010