[2] The area is 588 square kilometres (227 sq mi).

The canton is located in the Andes and western foothills of the Andes on the upper tributaries of the Mira River.

The town of Mira has an elevation of 2,423 metres (7,949 ft) above sea level.

[3] The parishes in the canton are Concepción, Jijón y Caamańo, Juan Montalvo (San Ignacio de Quil), and Mira (Chontahuasi).

[4] Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[5] This Ecuador location article is a stub.