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1 Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01 [3]. 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.
Ecuador – representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands ( Archipiélago de Colón ) in the Pacific, about 965 kilometers (600 mi) west of the mainland.
This is a list of Ecuadorian provinces by Human Development Index as of 2024, using the 2022 data. [2] The following report is not official, but it is calculated with the official data of the indicators of the index, given by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), [3] and the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE).
The Cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. There are 221 cantons in the country, [1] of which three are not in any province [clarification needed]. The cantons are further sub-divided into parishes, which are classified as either urban or rural. Below is a list of cantons by province.
Canton Pop. (2010) [4] Area (km 2) Seat/Capital Alausí: 44,089 1,644: Alausí: Chambo: 11,885 163: Chambo: Chunchi: 12,686 273: Chunchi: Colta: 44,971 829: Cajabamba ...
Azuay (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ), Province of Azuay is a province of Ecuador, created on 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of 8,171 square kilometres (3,155 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands.
Pichincha (Spanish pronunciation: [piˈtʃintʃa]) is a province of Ecuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito.It is bordered by Imbabura and Esmeraldas to the north, Cotopaxi and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south, Napo and Sucumbíos to the east, and Esmeraldas and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the west.
After 1820, Ecuador emerged as an independent nation, as neighboring areas to Zaruma also declared their independence. In 1882, the province of El Oro was formed by the villages of Zaruma, Machala and Santa Rosa, with Zaruma as its capital, and the area's gold mining as the reason for the name of the province.