Portoviejo Canton
Canton
Location of Manabí Province in Ecuador.
Portoviejo Canton in Manabí Province
Coordinates: 1°3′22.25″S 80°27′18.78″W / 1.0561806°S 80.4552167°W / -1.0561806; -80.4552167
Country	Ecuador
Province	Manabí Province
Area
• Total	957.3 km2 (369.6 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• Total	322,925
• Density	340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)

Portoviejo Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the city of Portoviejo. Its population at the 2001 census was 238,430.^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:^[3]

• Mestizo 67.9%
• Montubio 20.8%
• White 5.7%
• Afro-Ecuadorian 5.3%
• Indigenous 0.2%
• Other 0.2%