Chimborazo Province Explained

Chimborazo
Official Name:Province of Chimborazo
Settlement Type:Province
Image Map1:Chimborazo.JPG
Map Caption1:Cantons of Chimborazo Province
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ecuador
Seat Type:Capital
Parts Type:Cantons
Parts Style:coll
Parts:List of cantons
P1:Alausí
P2:Chambo
P3:Chunchi
P4:Colta
P5:Cumandá
P6:Guamote
P7:Guano
P8:Pallatanga
P9:Penipe
P10:Riobamba
Leader Title:Provincial Prefect
Leader Name:Hermel Tayupanda
Established Title:Legal establishment
Established Date:June 25, 1826
Area Total Km2:6110
Population As Of:2022 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:471933
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:ECT
Utc Offset:-5
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2017)
Blank Info Sec2:0.718[2]
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Registration Plate:H

Chimborazo (pronounced as /es/) is a province in the central Ecuadorian Andes. It is a home to a section of Sangay National Park. The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's highest mountain.

Cantons

The province is divided into 10 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2010 census, its area in square kilometres (km2), and the name of the canton seat or capital.[3]

Canton Pop. (2010)[4] Area (km2) Seat/Capital
44,0891,644 Alausí
11,885163 Chambo
12,686273 Chunchi
44,971829
12,922159 Cumandá
45,1531,216 Guamote
42,851460 Guano
11,544377 Pallatanga
6,739370 Penipe
225,741980 Riobamba

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[5]

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/towns/06__chimborazo/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Web site: Human Development Index in Ecuador. 2019-02-05. Villalba. Juan. Scribd. es.
  3. http://www.statoids.com/yec.html Cantons of Ecuador
  4. Web site: Censos . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y . Población y Demografía . 2022-11-27 . Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . es.
  5. Web site: Resultados.