Provinces of Ecuador






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Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (Spanish: provincias, singular – provincia). The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:

























































































































































































Map key
 Province
 Capital
 Population (2010)
 Area (km²)
1
Azuay
Cuenca
 712,127
 8,309.58
2
Bolívar
Guaranda
 183,641
 3,945.38
3
Cañar
Azogues
 225,184
 3,146.08
4
Carchi
Tulcán
 164,524
 3,780.45
5
Chimborazo
Riobamba
 458,581
 6,499.72
6
Cotopaxi
Latacunga
 409,205
 6,108.23
7
El Oro
Machala
 600,659
 5,766.68
8
Esmeraldas
Esmeraldas
 534,092
 16,132.23
9
Galápagos
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
 25,124
 8,010.00
10
Guayas
Guayaquil
 3,645,483
 15,430.40
11
Imbabura
Ibarra
 398,244
 4,587.51
12
Loja
Loja
 448,966
 11,062.73
13
Los Ríos
Babahoyo
 778,115
 7,205.27
14
Manabí
Portoviejo
 1,369,780
 18,939.60
15
Morona Santiago
Macas
 147,940
 25,690.50
16
Napo
Tena
 103,697
 12,542.50
17
Orellana
Puerto Francisco de Orellana
 136,396
 21,692.10
18
Pastaza
Puyo
 83,933
 29,641.37
19
Pichincha
Quito
 2,576,287
 9,535.91
20
Santa Elena
Santa Elena
 308,693
 3,690.17
21
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
Santo Domingo de los Colorados
 368,013
 3,446.65
22
Sucumbíos
Nueva Loja
 176,472
 18,084.42
23
Tungurahua
Ambato
 504,583
 3,386.25
24
Zamora-Chinchipe
Zamora
 91,376
 10,584.26
Total
Ecuador
 Republic
 14,483,499
 283,561 square kilometres (109,484 sq mi)

1 Population as per the census carried out on 2010-11-28[1]


In addition, there are or were four areas that are non-delimited. These locations are:




  • Las Golondrinas: In a referendum held on April 3, 2016, 56.9% of voters voted in favor of Las Golondrinas being incorporated into the Imbabura Province.[2]


  • La Manga del Cura: In a referendum held on September 27, 2015, 64.2% of the voters voted in favor of La Manga del Cura being incorporated into the Manabí Province.[3]


  • El Piedrero (surrounded by Guayas and Cañar)


  • Matilde Esther (surrounded by Los Ríos, Guayas y Bolívar)



See also



  • Cantons of Ecuador


  • ISO 3166-2:EC, ISO 3166-2 for codes.


  • (in French) Leaders of Ecuador provinces



References





  1. ^ "Ecuador: Urban Places", https://www.citypopulation.de/php/ecuador,php, accessed 10 July 2017


  2. ^ "Las Golondrinas le pertenece a Imbabura" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "La Manga del Cura decide pertenecer a Manabí" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2015.




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