Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
is divided into 24
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
s ( es, provincias, singular''provincia''). The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:
List
1 Population as per the census carried out on 2010-11-28
In addition, there were four areas that were non-delimited. These locations were:
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Las Golondrinas: In a
referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a Representative democr ...
held on April 3, 2016, 56.9% of voters voted in favor of Las Golondrinas being incorporated into the Imbabura Province.
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La Manga del Cura: In a
referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a Representative democr ...
held on September 27, 2015, 64.2% of the voters voted in favor of La Manga del Cura being incorporated into the Manabí Province.
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El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017.
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Matilde Esther: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017
Regions and planning areas
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. Administrative city:
Ibarra
* Region 2 (43,498 km
2, or 16,795 mi
2):
Pichincha,
Napo, and
Orellana. Administrative city:
Tena
* Region 3 (44,710 km
2, or 17,263 mi
2):
Chimborazo,
Tungurahua,
Pastaza, and
Cotopaxi. Administrative city:
Riobamba
* Region 4 (22,257 km
2, or 8,594 mi
2):
Manabí and
Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas
Santo ('saint' in various languages) may refer to:
People
* Santo (given name)
* Santo (surname)
* El Santo, Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (1917–1984), Mexican wrestler and actor
* Bob Santo or Santo, stage name of Ghanaian comedian John Evans Kwadw ...
. Administrative city:
Ciudad Alfaro
* Region 5 (38,420 km
2, or 14,834 mi
2):
Santa Elena,
Guayas,
Los Ríos,
Galápagos, and
Bolívar. Administrative city:
Milagro
* Region 6 (38,237 km
2, or 14,763 mi
2):
Cañar,
Azuay, and
Morona Santiago
Morona Santiago () is a province in Ecuador. The province was established on February 24, 1954. The capital is Macas.
Economy
The provincial economy is industrially unexploited to its potential due to poor means of transportation. Its economy ...
. Administrative city:
Cuenca
* Region 7 (27,571 km
2, or 10,645 mi
2):
El Oro,
Loja, and
Zamora Chinchipe. Administrative city:
Loja
Quito
Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley on ...
and
Guayaquil
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are Metropolitan Districts.
Galápagos, despite being included within Region 5, is also under a special unit.
See also
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List of Ecuadorian provinces by Human Development Index
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Cantons of Ecuador
The Cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. There are 221 cantons in the country, of which three are not in any province. The cantons are further sub-divided into parishes, which are classified ...
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ISO 3166-2:EC,
ISO 3166-2
ISO 3166-2 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and defines codes for identifying the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The ...
for codes.
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Leaders of Ecuador provinces
References
External links
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Subdivisions of Ecuador
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