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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 3 April 2016, 56.9% of voters voted in favor of Las Golondrinas being incorporated into the Imbabura Province.
In 2000, the province was the sole remaining majority-indigenous province of Ecuador, with 56.3% of the province either claiming indigenous identity or speaking an indigenous language. [ 3 ] This province is one of the many located in Ecuador's section of the Amazon Rainforest .
The most recently created cantons are Sevilla Don Bosco in Morona Santiago Province in 2024; [1] [2] and La Concordia in Esmeraldas Province in 2007, although in 2013 La Concordia was transferred to Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province. [3] [4] Below is a list of cantons by province.
Palms on the Santay Island.. Guayas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡwa.ʝas] ⓘ) is a coastal province in Ecuador.It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean (as the Gulf of Guayaquil); to the east by Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, and Azuay; to the north by Los Ríos and Bolívar; and to the south by El Oro and the Pacific Ocean.
Tungurahua (Spanish: Provincia del Tungurahua, literally Province of the Tungurahua; pronounced [tuŋɡuˈɾawa]) is one of the twenty-four provinces of Ecuador. Its capital is Ambato. The province takes its name from the Tungurahua volcano, which is located within the boundaries of the provinces.
The Quijos region east of Coca was well known to the Incas, who ventured downhill to meet lowland tribes in peace and battle. It was also the first area east of the Andes to be penetrated by the Spanish. The anniversary of the European discovery of the Amazon River (February 12) is still celebrated in jungle cities with markets and fairs.
Zamora Chinchipe (Spanish pronunciation: [saˈmoɾa tʃinˈtʃipe]), Province of Zamora Chinchipe is a province of the Republic of Ecuador, located at the southeastern end of the Amazon Basin, which shares borders with the Ecuadorian provinces of Azuay and Morona Santiago to the north, Loja and Azuay to the west, and with Peru to the east and south.
Esmeraldas is one of the three provinces of Ecuador that borders Colombia, and it is the most northern province in the country. The province borders Imbabura and Carchi to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, Manabí , Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and Pichincha to the south, and Colombia to the north.