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Esmeraldas Province
Province of Ecuador
Province of Ecuador
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Esmeraldas |
| official_name | Province of Esmeraldas |
| native_name | |
| native_name_lang | |
| settlement_type | Province |
| image_skyline | Para_Oír_Un_Reggae_(113139317).jpeg |
| caption | Sunset in Esmeraldas |
| image_flag | Bandera Provincia Esmeraldas.svg |
| image_map | Esmeraldas in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg |
| map_caption | Location within Ecuador |
| image_map1 | Cantones de Esmeraldas.png |
| map_caption1 | Cantons of Esmeraldas Province |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Ecuador |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | September 21, 1847 |
| seat_type | Capital |
| seat | Esmeraldas |
| parts_type | Cantons |
| parts_style | coll |
| parts | List of Cantons |
| leader_party | PSC |
| leader_title | Prefect |
| leader_name | Roberta Zambrano |
| leader_title1 | Governor |
| leader_name1 | Segundo Jaramillo |
| total_type | |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_magnitude | |
| area_total_km2 | 15841 |
| area_land_km2 | |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 553900 |
| population_as_of | 2010 census |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 248586 |
| timezone1 | |
| utc_offset1 | |
| blank_name_sec2 | HDI (2017) |
| blank_info_sec2 | 0.718 |
| · 16th | |
| postal_code_type | |
| registration_plate | E |
the Ecuadorian province
· 16th Esmeraldas () is a northwestern coastal province of Ecuador. The capital and largest city is Esmeraldas. 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. The province is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian culture.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:
- Mestizo 44.7%
- Afro-Ecuadorian 43.9%
- White 5.9%
- Indigenous 2.8%
- Montubio 2.4%
- Other 0.3%
Governance
The province has a governor who is appointed by the President. In 2013 Paola Cabezas was appointed as the Governor by President Rafael Correa. She served for three years until she resigned and she was succeeded by Gabriel Rivera López who was also appointed by President Correa.
Cantons
The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km2), and the name of the canton seat or capital.
| Canton | Pop. (2019) | Area (km2) | Seat/Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atacames | 54,200 | 511 | Atacames |
| Eloy Alfaro | 45,270 | 4,302 | Valdez (a.k.a. Limones) |
| Esmeraldas | 216,900 | 1,351 | Esmeraldas |
| Muisne | 31,030 | 1,265 | Muisne |
| Quinindé | 144,200 | 3,855 | Rosa Zárate (a.k.a. Quinindé) |
| Río Verde | 31,160 | 1,506 | Rioverde |
| San Lorenzo | 60,660 | 3,106 | San Lorenzo |
Parroquias (Parishes)
The cantons are divided into many parroquias:
In Muisne:
- Bellavista
- Daule
- Maldonado
- Muisne
- Pedro Carlo
- Tola
- Union of Daule
References
References
- [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/08__esmeraldas/ Citypopulation.de] Population and area of Esmeraldas Province
- Villalba, Juan. "Human Development Index in Ecuador".
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. "Resultados |". Ecuadorencifras.gob.ec.
- (2021-05-13). "Nueva Gobernadora asumió funciones : Noticias Esmeraldas : La Hora Noticias de Ecuador, sus provincias y el mundo".
- (2021-05-13). "Gabriel Rivera es el nuevo gobernador de Esmeraldas - El Comercio".
- [http://www.statoids.com/yec.html Cantons of Ecuador]. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
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