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Provinces of Ecuador

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Provinces of Ecuador

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

List

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Map key Province Capital Largest City [1] Population (2022 census)[2] Area (km2) Established
1  Azuay Cuenca 801,609 8,189 1824
2  Bolívar Guaranda 199,078 4,148 1884
3  Cañar Azogues La Troncal 227,578 3,669 1880
4  Carchi Tulcán 172,828 3,790 1880
5  Chimborazo Riobamba 471,933 5,999 1824
6  Cotopaxi Latacunga 470,210 6,085 1851
7  El Oro Machala 714,592 5,879 1884
8  Esmeraldas Esmeraldas 553,900 16,132 1847
9  Galápagos Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Puerto Ayora 28,583 8,010 1973
10  Guayas Guayaquil 4,391,923 15,927 1824
11  Imbabura Ibarra 469,879 4,611 1824
12  Loja Loja 485,421 11,100 1824
13  Los Ríos Babahoyo Quevedo 898,652 7,100 1860
14  Manabí Portoviejo Manta 1,592,840 19,427 1824
15  Morona Santiago Macas 192,508 25,690 1954
16  Napo Tena 131,675 12,476 1959
17  Orellana Puerto Francisco de Orellana 182,166 21,691 1998
18  Pastaza Puyo 111,915 29,068 1959
19  Pichincha Quito 3,089,473 9,692 1824
20  Santa Elena Santa Elena La Libertad 385,735 3,696 2007
21  Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Santo Domingo 492,969 4,180 2007
22  Sucumbíos Nueva Loja 199,014 18,612 1989
23  Tungurahua Ambato 563,532 3,222 1860
24  Zamora Chinchipe Zamora 110,973 10,556 1953
Total Ecuador Quito Guayaquil 16,938,986 283,561 square kilometres (109,484 sq mi)

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.[4]
  • 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.[5]
  • El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017.[6]
  • Matilde Esther: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017[7]

Regions and planning areas

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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,[8] is also under a special unit.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Populations of every Ecuadorian settlement since 2022".
  2. ^ "Ecuador creció en 2.5 millones de personas entre 2010 y 2022".
  3. ^ "Ecuador: Urban Places", https://www.citypopulation.de/php/ecuador,php, accessed 10 July 2017
  4. ^ "Las Golondrinas le pertenece a Imbabura" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ^ "La Manga del Cura decide pertenecer a Manabí" (in Spanish). 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Con 7 decretos ejecutivos, Correa define los límites de Guayas". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Con 7 decretos ejecutivos, Correa define los límites de Guayas". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Niveles administrativos de planificación". Secretaría Nacional de Planificación y Desarrollo. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  9. ^ "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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