La Troncal

La Troncal is the seat of La Troncal Canton in the Cañar Province, Ecuador.

La Troncal San Pablo de La Troncal
Town
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La Troncal
Coordinates: 2°24′0″S 79°19′48″W
Country	Ecuador
Province	Cañar
Canton	La Troncal
Establishment	19 November 1975
Government
• Mayor	Miriam Castro
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

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]