Cañar Province

Province of Ecuador, the smallest in territory

Province in Ecuador

Cañar (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɲaɾ]) is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184.^[3] It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:^[4]

• Mestizo 76.7%
• Indigenous 15.2%
• White 4.3%
• Afro-Ecuadorian 2.6%
• Montubio 1.1%
• Other 0.2%

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.^[5]

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See also

• Ingapirca
• Cañari
• Sangay National Park
• Provinces of Ecuador
• Cantons of Ecuador

References

1. Citypopulation.de
2. Villalba, Juan. "Human Development Index in Ecuador". Scribd (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-05.
3. INEC, Población total y tasa brutas de natalidad, mortalidad general, mortalidad infantil y materna según regiones y provincias de residencia habitual, año 2005 Archived 2008-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved October 13, 2007.
4. "Resultados" (PDF).
5. Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

External links

• (in Spanish) Gobierno de la Provincia del Cañar, official website

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