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Provinces of Ecuador

Ecuador's administrative division

Summary

Ecuador's administrative division

Field	Value
name	Provinces of Ecuador
Provincia del Ecuador (Spanish)
map	Ecuador, administrative divisions - es - colored.svg
category	Unitary state
territory	Ecuador
current_number	24 Provinces
population_range	28,583 (Galápagos) – 4,391,923 (Guayas)
government	Provincial government
subdivision	Canton, Parish

Provincia del Ecuador (Spanish)

Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (, singularprovincia). The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:

List

Location	Province	Capital	Largest City	Population (2022 census)	Area (km2)	Established
[[File:Azuay in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Azuay	Cuenca	801,609	8,189	1824
[[File:Bolivar in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Bolívar, Ecuador	Guaranda	199,078	4,148	1884
[[File:Canar in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Cañar	Azogues	La Troncal	227,578	3,669	1880
[[File:Carchi in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Carchi	Tulcán	172,828	3,790	1880
[[File:Chimborazo in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	[[File:Bandera Provincia Chimborazo.svg	23px]] Chimborazo	Riobamba	471,933	5,999	1824
[[File:Cotopaxi in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Cotopaxi	Latacunga	470,210	6,085	1851
[[File:El Oro in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	El Oro	Machala	714,592	5,879	1884
[[File:Esmeraldas in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	553,900	16,132	1847
[[File:Galapagos in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Galápagos	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno	Puerto Ayora	28,583	8,010	1973
[[File:Guayas in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Guayas	Guayaquil	4,391,923	15,927	1824
[[File:Imbabura in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Imbabura	Ibarra	469,879	4,611	1824
[[File:Loja in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Loja	Loja	485,421	11,100	1824
[[File:Los Rios in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Los Ríos	Babahoyo	Quevedo	898,652	7,100	1860
[[File:Manabi in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Manabí	Portoviejo	Manta	1,592,840	19,427	1824
[[File:Morona Santiago in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Morona Santiago	Macas	192,508	25,690	1954
[[File:Napo in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Napo	Tena	131,675	12,476	1959
[[File:Orellana in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Orellana	Puerto Francisco de Orellana	182,166	21,691	1998
[[File:Pastaza in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Pastaza	Puyo	111,915	29,068	1959
[[File:Pichincha in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Pichincha	Quito	3,089,473	9,692	1824
[[File:Santa Elena in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Santa Elena	Santa Elena	La Libertad	385,735	3,696	2007
[[File:Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	Santo Domingo	492,969	4,180	2007
[[File:Sucumbios in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Sucumbíos	Nueva Loja	199,014	18,612	1989
[[File:Tungurahua in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Tungurahua	Ambato	563,532	3,222	1860
[[File:Zamora-Chinchipe in Ecuador (+Galapagos).svg	85px]]	Zamora Chinchipe	Zamora	110,973	10,556	1953
Total	–	–	–	16,938,986	283561 sqkm

1 Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01

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.
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.
El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017.
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 km2, or 16,265 mi2): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbíos. Administrative city: Ibarra
Region 2 (43,498 km2, or 16,795 mi2): Pichincha, Napo, and Orellana. Administrative city: Tena
Region 3 (44,710 km2, or 17,263 mi2): Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Pastaza, and Cotopaxi. Administrative city: Riobamba
Region 4 (22,257 km2, or 8,594 mi2): Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. Administrative city: Ciudad Alfaro
Region 5 (38,420 km2, or 14,834 mi2): Santa Elena, Guayas, Los Ríos, Galápagos, and Bolívar. Administrative city: Milagro
Region 6 (38,237 km2, or 14,763 mi2): Cañar, Azuay, and Morona Santiago. Administrative city: Cuenca
Region 7 (27,571 km2, or 10,645 mi2): El Oro, Loja, and Zamora Chinchipe. Administrative city: Loja

Quito and Guayaquil are Metropolitan Districts. Galápagos, despite being included within Region 5, is also under a special unit.

References

"List of Populations of every Ecuadorian settlement since 2022".
"Ecuador creció en 2.5 millones de personas entre 2010 y 2022".
"Ecuador: Urban Places", https://www.citypopulation.de/php/ecuador,php, accessed 10 July 2017
(3 April 2016). "Las Golondrinas le pertenece a Imbabura".
(28 September 2015). "La Manga del Cura decide pertenecer a Manabí".
(20 May 2017). "Con 7 decretos ejecutivos, Correa define los límites de Guayas". El Telégrafo.
(20 May 2017). "Con 7 decretos ejecutivos, Correa define los límites de Guayas". El Telégrafo.
"Niveles administrativos de planificación". Secretaría Nacional de Planificación y Desarrollo.
"Región 4 – Santo Domingo, Manabí y Galápagos". Ministry of Production, Employment and Competitiveness Coordination.

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