Esmeraldas Province Explained

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Official Name:Province of Esmeraldas
Settlement Type:Province
Image Map1:Cantones de Esmeraldas.png
Map Caption1:Cantons of Esmeraldas Province
Coordinates:0.6667°N -94°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ecuador
Established Title:Established
Established Date:September 21, 1847
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Esmeraldas
Parts Type:Cantons
Parts Style:coll
Parts:List of Cantons
Leader Party:MUP
Leader Title:Provincial Prefect
Leader Name:Roberta Zambrano
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:15841
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:553900
Population As Of:2010 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:248586
Blank Name Sec2:HDI (2017)
Blank Info Sec2:0.718[2]
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Registration Plate:E

Esmeraldas (pronounced as /es/) is a province in northwestern Ecuador. The capital is Esmeraldas.

The province is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian culture.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[3]

Governance

The province has a governor who is appointed by the President. In 2013 Paola Cabezas was appointed as the Governor by President Rafael Correa.[4] She served for three years until she resigned and she was succeeded by Gabriel Rivera López who was also appointed by President Correa.[5]

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.[6]

Canton Pop. (2019) Area (km2) Seat/Capital
54,200511 Atacames
45,2704,302 Valdez (a.k.a. Limones)
216,9001,351 Esmeraldas
31,0301,265 Muisne
144,2003,855 Rosa Zárate (a.k.a. Quinindé)
31,1601,506 Rioverde
60,6603,106 San Lorenzo

Parroquias (Parishes)

The cantons are divided into many parroquias:

In Muisne:

  1. Bellavista
  2. Daule
  3. Maldonado
  4. Muisne
  5. Pedro Carlo
  6. Tola
  7. Union of Daule

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/08__esmeraldas/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Web site: Human Development Index in Ecuador. 2019-02-05. Villalba. Juan. Scribd. es.
  3. Web site: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos . Resultados | . Ecuadorencifras.gob.ec . 2018-12-24.
  4. Web site: 2021-05-13 . Nueva Gobernadora asumió funciones : Noticias Esmeraldas : La Hora Noticias de Ecuador, sus provincias y el mundo . 2022-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210513222905/https://lahora.com.ec/noticia/1101575518/nueva-gobernadora-asumi-funciones . 13 May 2021 . dead.
  5. Web site: 2021-05-13 . Gabriel Rivera es el nuevo gobernador de Esmeraldas - El Comercio . 2022-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210513223342/https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/politica/gabrielrivera-gobernador-esmeraldas-ecuador-politica.html . 13 May 2021 . dead.
  6. http://www.statoids.com/yec.html Cantons of Ecuador