Provinces of Ecuador

Ecuador's administrative division

Provinces of Ecuador

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

List

¹ Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01^[2]

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.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017.^[5]
• Matilde Esther: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017^[6]

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 Sucumbios. 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,^[7] is also under a special unit.^[8]

See also

• List of Ecuadorian provinces by Human Development Index
• Cantons of Ecuador
• ISO 3166-2:EC, ISO 3166-2 for codes.
• (in French) Leaders of Ecuador provinces

References

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

External links

• "Provinces of Ecuador". Statoids.