Cañar Province Explained

Cañar
Official Name:Province of Cañar
Settlement Type:Province
Image Map1:Cantones de Cañar.png
Map Caption1:Cantons of Cañar Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Azogues
Parts Type:Cantons
Parts Style:coll
Parts:List of cantons
P1:Azogues
P2:Biblián
P3:Cañar
P4:Déleg
P5:El Tambo
P6:Suscal
P7:La Troncal
Leader Title:Provincial Prefect
Leader Name:Marcelo Jaramillo
Established Title:Established
Established Date:November 25, 1880
Established Title2:Recognized
Established Date2:April 25, 1884
Named For:Cañari
Area Total Km2:3647
Population As Of:2022 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:227578
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:ECT
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2017)
Blank Info Sec2:0.727[2]
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Registration Plate:U

Cañar (pronounced as /es/) 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]

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]

Canton Pop. (2019) Area (km²) Seat/Capital
85,030613 Azogues
23,590227 Biblián
68,1901,804 Cañar
6,76078 Déleg
12,200 65 El Tambo
6,39031 Suscal
74,680328 La Troncal

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See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/towns/03/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Web site: Human Development Index in Ecuador. 2019-02-05. Villalba. Juan. Scribd. es.
  3. http://www.inec.gov.ec/interna.asp?inc=enc_tabla&idTabla=621 INEC, Población total y tasa brutas de natalidad, mortalidad general, mortalidad infantil y materna según regiones y provincias de residencia habitual, año 2005
  4. Web site: Resultados.
  5. http://www.statoids.com/yec.html Cantons of Ecuador