Provinces of Ecuador

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

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List
Map key Province Capital Population (2022 census)[1] Area (km2)
1  Azuay Cuenca 801,609 8,189
2  Bolívar Guaranda 199,078 4,148
3  Cañar Azogues 227,578 3,669
4  Carchi Tulcán 172,828 3,790
5  Chimborazo Riobamba 471,933 5,999
6  Cotopaxi Latacunga 470,210 6,085
7  El Oro Machala 714,592 5,879
8  Esmeraldas Esmeraldas 553,900 16,132
9  Galápagos Puerto Baquerizo Moreno 28,583 8,010
10  Guayas Guayaquil 4,391,923 15,927
11  Imbabura Ibarra 469,879 4,611
12  Loja Loja 485,421 11,100
13  Los Ríos Babahoyo 898,652 7,100
14  Manabí Portoviejo 1,592,840 19,427
15  Morona Santiago Macas 192,508 25,690
16  Napo Tena 131,675 12,476
17  Orellana Puerto Francisco de Orellana 182,166 21,691
18  Pastaza Puyo 111,915 29,068
19  Pichincha Quito 3,089,473 9,692
20  Santa Elena Santa Elena 385,735 3,696
21  Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Santo Domingo 492,969 4,180
22  Sucumbíos Nueva Loja 199,014 18,612
23  Tungurahua Ambato 563,532 3,222
24  Zamora Chinchipe Zamora 110,973 10,556
Total Ecuador Quito 16,938,986 283,561 square kilometres (109,484 sq mi)

1 Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01[2]

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

  • 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.[3]
  • 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.[4]
  • El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017.[5]
  • Matilde Esther: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017[6]

Regions and planning areas

Regionalization, or zoning, is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital, Quito. In Ecuador, there are seven regions, or zones, each shaped by the following provinces:

Quito and Guayaquil are Metropolitan Districts. Galápagos, despite being included within Region 5,[7] is also under a special unit.[8]

See also

References
  1. La población corresponde al .
  2. "Ecuador: Urban Places", https://www.citypopulation.de/php/ecuador,php, accessed 10 July 2017
  3. "Las Golondrinas le pertenece a Imbabura" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. "La Manga del Cura decide pertenecer a Manabí" (in Spanish). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  5. "Con 7 decretos ejecutivos, Correa define los límites de Guayas". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  6. "Con 7 decretos ejecutivos, Correa define los límites de Guayas". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. "Niveles administrativos de planificación". Secretaría Nacional de Planificación y Desarrollo. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  8. "Región 4 – Santo Domingo, Manabí y Galápagos". Ministry of Production, Employment and Competitiveness Coordination. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
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