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Esmeraldas Province

Province of Ecuador


Summary

Province of Ecuador

FieldValue
nameEsmeraldas
official_nameProvince of Esmeraldas
native_name
native_name_lang
settlement_typeProvince
image_skylinePara_Oír_Un_Reggae_(113139317).jpeg
captionSunset in Esmeraldas
image_flagBandera Provincia Esmeraldas.svg
image_mapEsmeraldas in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg
map_captionLocation within Ecuador
image_map1Cantones de Esmeraldas.png
map_caption1Cantons of Esmeraldas Province
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameEcuador
established_titleEstablished
established_dateSeptember 21, 1847
seat_typeCapital
seatEsmeraldas
parts_typeCantons
parts_stylecoll
partsList of Cantons
leader_partyPSC
leader_titlePrefect
leader_nameRoberta Zambrano
leader_title1Governor
leader_name1Segundo Jaramillo
total_type
unit_prefMetric
area_magnitude
area_total_km215841
area_land_km2
population_footnotes
population_total553900
population_as_of2010 census
population_density_km2auto
population_urban248586
timezone1
utc_offset1
blank_name_sec2HDI (2017)
blank_info_sec20.718
· 16th
postal_code_type
registration_plateE

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.

CantonPop. (2019)Area (km2)Seat/Capital
Atacames54,200511Atacames
Eloy Alfaro45,2704,302Valdez (a.k.a. Limones)
Esmeraldas216,9001,351Esmeraldas
Muisne31,0301,265Muisne
Quinindé144,2003,855Rosa Zárate (a.k.a. Quinindé)
Río Verde31,1601,506Rioverde
San Lorenzo60,6603,106San Lorenzo

Parroquias (Parishes)

The cantons are divided into many parroquias:

In Muisne:

  1. Bellavista
  2. Daule
  3. Maldonado
  4. Muisne
  5. Pedro Carlo
  6. Tola
  7. Union of Daule

References

References

  1. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/08__esmeraldas/ Citypopulation.de] Population and area of Esmeraldas Province
  2. Villalba, Juan. "Human Development Index in Ecuador".
  3. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. "Resultados |". Ecuadorencifras.gob.ec.
  4. (2021-05-13). "Nueva Gobernadora asumió funciones : Noticias Esmeraldas : La Hora Noticias de Ecuador, sus provincias y el mundo".
  5. (2021-05-13). "Gabriel Rivera es el nuevo gobernador de Esmeraldas - El Comercio".
  6. [http://www.statoids.com/yec.html Cantons of Ecuador]. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
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