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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.
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: Region 1 (42,126 km 2, or 16,265 mi 2): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbios.
No. City Province 2010 Census 2001 Census 1990 Census 1 Guayaquil: Guayas: 2,278,691: 1,985,379: 1,508,444 2 Quito: Pichincha: 1,607,734: 1,399,378: 1,100,847 3 Cuenca
The politics of Ecuador are multi-party. [1] The central government polity is a quadrennially elected presidential , unicameral representative democracy . The President of Ecuador is head of state and head of the army on a multi-party system , and leads a cabinet with further executive power .
Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista del Ecuador: PCE: 1926 Far-left: Communism Marxism–Leninism: Winston Alarcón Elizalde United Front (2014-2018) IMCWP World Anti-Imperialist Platform. São Paulo Forum. Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun Partido Comunista de Ecuador - Sol Rojo: PCE-SR: 1993 Far-left
ISO 3166-2:EC is the entry for Ecuador in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Ecuador, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 24 ...
Ecuador, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
Within Ecuador, the National Assembly has the power to pass laws, while appointment of judges to the National Court of Justice is done by a separate Judicial Council. [ 2 ] In 2023, businessman and politician Henry Kronfle representing the Social Christian Party , [ 3 ] was elected President with 128 votes from the legislature's 137 members ...