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Ecuador has a population of about 1,120,000 descendants from African people. The Afro-Ecuadorian culture is found primarily in the country's northwest coastal region. Africans form a majority (70%) in the province of Esmeraldas and also have an important concentration in the Valle del Chota in the Imbabura Province .
The census in Ecuador is conducted every 10 years, and its objective is to obtain the number of people residing within its borders. The current census now includes household information. The most recent census (as of 2011) emphasized reaching rural and remote areas to map the most accurate population count in the country.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was reported to have spread to Ecuador on 29 February 2020, when a woman in her 70s tested positive for the virus.
Crude mortality rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year. The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise.
[5] [6] As a result, along with lack of government funding and low social mobility poverty affects their community more so than the white and mestizo population of Ecuador. [7] [8] After slavery was abolished in 1851, Africans became marginalized in Ecuador, dominated by the plantation owners. [9] A typical street scene in Esmeraldas (2005).
Even though Ecuador's white population during its colonial era were mainly descendants from Spain, today Ecuador's white population is a result of a mixture of European immigrants, predominantly from Spain with people from Italy, Germany, France, and Switzerland who have settled in the early 20th century.
The following are images from various Ecuador-related articles on Wikipedia. Image 1 Satellite photo of the Galápagos islands overlaid with the names of the islands (from Galápagos Islands ) Image 2 The banana boom of the mid-20th century boosted the economy of Guayaquil, where office buildings like these were built.
1.2 By population. 2 See also. 3 References. ... Map of Ecuador. This is a list of cities in Ecuador. ... National Institute of Statistics and Census of Ecuador.