Cantons of Ecuador

Cantons of Ecuador
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The Cantons of Ecuador are the second-level subdivisions of Ecuador, below the provinces. There are 221 cantons in the country,[1] of which three are not in any province. The cantons are further sub-divided into parishes, which are classified as either urban or rural. Below is a list of cantons by province.

Azuay Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Camilo Ponce Enríquez  Camilo Ponce Enríquez
Chordeleg10,859105Chordeleg
Cuenca417,6323,086Cuenca
El Pan3,075132El Pan
Girón12,583347Girón
Guachapala3,12541Guachapala
Gualaceo38,587347Gualaceo
Nabón15,121636Nabón
Oña3,231295Oña
Paute23,106267Paute
Pucará20,382848Pucará
San Fernando3,961142San Fernando
Santa Isabel18,015781Santa Isabel
Sevilla de Oro5,234314Sevilla de Oro
Sigsig24,635657Sigsig

Bolívar Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Caluma11,074175Caluma
Chillanes18,685655Chillanes
Chimbo15,005262Chimbo
Echeandía10,951230Echeandía
Guaranda81,6431,888Guaranda
Las Naves5,265147Las Naves
San Miguel26,747570San Miguel

Cañar Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Azogues64,910613Azogues
La Troncal44,389613La Troncal
Biblián20,727227Biblián
Cañar58,1851,804Cañar
Déleg6,22178Déleg
El Tambo8,25165El Tambo
Suscal4,41931Suscal

Carchi Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Bolívar13,898353Bolívar
Espejo13,515554El Ángel
Mira12,919588Mira
Montúfar28,576383San Gabriel
San Pedro de Huaca6,85671Huaca
Tulcán77,1751,801Tulcán

Chimborazo Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Alausí42,8231,644Alausí
Chambo10,541163Chambo
Chunchi12,474273Chunchi
Colta44,701829Cajabamba (also known as Villa la Unión)
Cumandá9,395159Cumandá
Guamote35,2101,216Guamote
Guano37,888460Guano
Pallatanga10,800377Pallatanga
Penipe6,485370Penipe
Riobamba193,315980Riobamba

Cotopaxi Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
La Maná32,115647La Maná
Latacunga143,9791,377Latacunga
Pangua19,877715El Corazón
Pujilí60,7281,289Pujilí
Salcedo51,304484San Miguel
Saquisilí20,815206Saquisilí
Sigchos20,7221,267Sigchos

El Oro Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Arenillas22,477803Arenillas
Atahualpa5,479278Paccha
Balsas5,34869Balsas
Chilla2,665328Chilla
El Guabo41,078603El Guabo
Huaquillas40,28572Huaquillas
Las Lajas4,781297La Victoria
Machala217,696338Machala
Marcabelí4,930147Marcabelí
Pasaje62,959452Pasaje
Piñas23,246615Piñas
Portovelo11,024282Portovelo
Santa Rosa60,388889Santa Rosa
Zaruma23,407645Zaruma

Esmeraldas Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Atacames30,267511Atacames
Eloy Alfaro33,4034,302Valdez
Esmeraldas157,7921,351Esmeraldas
Muisne25,0801,265Muisne
Quinindé88,3373,855Rosa Zárate (also known as Quinindé)
Río Verde22,1641,506Rio Verde
San Lorenzo28,1803,106San Lorenzo

Galápagos Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Isabela1,6195,368Puerto Villamil
San Cristóbal5,633849Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Santa Cruz11,3881,794Puerto Ayora

Guayas Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Jujan)19,982216Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (also known as Jujan)
Balao17,262465Balao
Balzar (San Jacinto de Balzar)48,4701,173Balzar
Colimes21,049758Colimes
Coronel Marcelino Maridueña11,054255Coronel Marcelino Maridueña
Daule85,148462Daule
Durán178,714339Durán
El Empalme64,789711El Empalme (also known as Velasco Ibarra)
El Triunfo34,117389El Triunfo
General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay)8,696152General Antonio Elizalde (also known as Bucay)
Guayaquil2,039,7895,237Guayaquil
Isidro Ayora8,226492Isidro Ayora
Lomas de Sargentillo14,19467Lomas de Sargentillo
Milagro140,103401Milagro
Naranjal53,4822,015Naranjal
Naranjito31,756226Naranjito
Nobol14,753128Nobol (also known as Narcisa de Jesús)
Palestina14,067194Palestina
Pedro Carbo36,711927Pedro Carbo
Playas (General Villamil Playas)30,045269Playas (also known as General Villamil Playas)
Salitre (was Urbina Jado)50,379390El Salitre
Samborondón45,476388Samborondón
Santa Lucía33,868348Santa Lucía
Simón Bolívar20,385289Simón Bolívar
La Troncal44,268324La Troncal
Yaguachi47,630512Yaguachi (San Jacinto de Yaguachi)

Imbabura Province

CantonPop. (2001)Pop. (2010)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Antonio Ante36,05343,51881Atuntaqui
Cotacachi37,21540,0361,726Cotacachi
Ibarra153,256181,1751,093Ibarra
Otavalo90,188104,874500Otavalo
Pimampiro12,95112,970437Pimampiro
San Miguel de Urcuquí14,38115,671779Urcuquí

Loja Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Calvas27,604839Cariamanga
Catamayo27,000646Catamayo
Celica13,358518Celica
Chaguarpamba7,898311Chaguarpamba
Espíndola15,750514Amaluza (Espíndola)
Gonzanamá14,987693Gonzanamá
Loja175,0771,881Loja
Macará18,350575Macará
Olmedo5,707112Olmedo
Paltas24,7031,145Catacocha
Pindal7,351200Pindal
Puyango15,505634Alamor
Quilanga4,582235Quilanga
Saraguro28,0291,075Saraguro
Sozoranga7,994410Sozoranga
Zapotillo10,9401,209Zapotillo

Los Ríos Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Baba35,185516Baba
Babahoyo132,8241,076Babahoyo
Buena Fé47,361569San Jacinto de Buena Fe
Mocache33,481562Mocache
Montalvo20,067362Montalvo
Palenque20,658570Palenque
Pueblo Viejo29,420338Puebloviejo
Quevedo139,790303Quevedo
Quinsaloma  Quinsaloma
Urdaneta25,812377Catarama
Valencia32,870980Valencia
Ventanas71,145806Ventanas
Vinces61,565693Vinces

Manabí Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Bolívar35,627537Calceta
Chone117,6343,017Chone
El Carmen69,9981,245El Carmen
Flavio Alfaro25,3901,343Flavio Alfaro
Jama20,230575Jama
Jaramijó11,96797Jaramijó
Jipijapa65,7961,401Jipijapa
Junín18,491246Junín
Manta192,322309Manta
Montecristi43,400734Montecristi
Olmedo9,243253Olmedo
Paján35,9521,079Paján
Pedernales46,8761,932Pedernales
Pichincha29,9451,067Pichincha
Portoviejo238,430955Portoviejo
Puerto López16,626420Puerto López
Rocafuerte29,321280Rocafuerte
San Vicente19,116718San Vicente
Santa Ana45,2871,022Santa Ana
Sucre52,158764Bahía de Caráquez
Tosagua33,922377Tosagua
Veinticuatro de Mayo28,294524Sucre

Morona-Santiago Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Gualaquiza15,2882,203Gualaquiza
Huamboya5,965653Huamboya
Limón Indanza10,1922,101General Leonidas Plaza Gutiérrez
Logroño4,6211,218Logroño
Morona31,3795,095Macas
Pablo Sexto1,1881,371Pablo Sexto
Palora6,3171,436Palora
San Juan Bosco3,1311,047San Juan Bosco
Santiago de Méndez (Santiago)9,8411,691Santiago de Méndez (Santiago)
Sucúa14,412893Sucúa
Taisha13,0786,090Taisha
Tiwintza  Santiago

Napo Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Archidona18,5513,029Archidona
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola2,943501Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola
El Chaco6,1333,473El Chaco
Quijos5,5051,577Baeza
Tena46,0073,904Tena

Orellana Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Aguarico4,65811,358Nueva Rocafuerte
Francisco de Orellana42,0106,995Puerto Francisco de Orellana (also known as Coca)
Joya de los Sachas26,3631,195La Joya de los Sachas
Loreto13,4622,127Loreto

Pastaza Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Arajuno5,1508,767Arajuno
Mera8,088520Mera
Pastaza45,51219,727Puyo
Santa Clara3,029311Santa Clara

Pichincha Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Cayambe69,8001,189Cayambe
Mejía62,8881,476Machachi
Pedro Moncayo25,594336Tabacundo
Pedro Vicente Maldonado9,965620Pedro Vicente Maldonado
Puerto Quito17,100683Puerto Quito
Quito1,839,8534,183Quito
Rumiñahui65,882139Sangolquí
San Miguel de Los Bancos10,717839San Miguel de los Bancos

Santa Elena Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
La Libertad77,64625La Libertad
Salinas49,57269Salinas
Santa Elena111,6713,669Santa Elena

Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Santo Domingo)287,0183,805Santo Domingo de los Colorados
La Concordia  La Concordia

Sucumbíos Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Cascales7,4091,248El Dorado de Cascales
Cuyabeno6,6433875Tarapoa
Gonzalo Pizarro6,9642,223Lumbaqui
Lago Agrio66,7883,139Nueva Loja (Lago Agrio)
Putumayo6,1713,559Puerto Carmen
Shushufindi32,1842,463Shushufindi
Sucumbíos2,8361,502La Bonita

Tungurahua Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Ambato287,2821,009Ambato (San Juan de Ambato)
Baños16,1121,065Baños de Agua Santa (Baños de Agua Santa)
Cevallos6,87319Cevallos
Mocha6,37186Mocha
Patate11,771315Patate
Pelileo48,988202Pelileo (San Pedro de Pelileo)
Píllaro34,925443Píllaro (Santiago de Píllaro)
Quero18,187173Quero (Santiago de Quero)
Tisaleo10,52559Tisaleo

Zamora-Chinchipe Province

CantonPop. (2001)Area (km²)Seat/Capital
Centinela del Cóndor7,230519Zumbi
Chinchipe8,4951,194Zumba
El Pangui7,441614El Pangui
Nangaritza4,7972,096Guayzimi (Nangaritza)
Palanda7,0661,925Palanda
Paquisha  Paquisha
Yacuambi5,2291,242Yacuambi
Yantzaza14,552990Yantzaza
Zamora21,7911,876Zamora

No provinces

There are or were four areas that are non-delimited. These locations are:

  • 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.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • El Piedrero (surrounded by Guayas and Cañar)
  • Matilde Esther (surrounded by Los Ríos, Guayas y Bolívar)

Authorities

In each canton there is a jefe político, chosen by, and representing the interests of, the president. There is also a mayor (alcalde) and a municipal council (concejo municipal), chosen by popular vote.

See also

References

  1. ↑ presidencia.gob.ec (ed.). "De 221 cantones de la Patria, en 198 vence la Revolución Ciudadana".
  2. ↑ "Las Golondrinas le pertenece a Imbabura" (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "La Manga del Cura decide pertenecer a Manabí" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2015.


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