Esmeraldas Province

Esmeraldas is a province in northwastren Ecuador. The caipital is Esmeraldas.

Esmeraldas
Province o Esmeraldas
Banner o Esmeraldas
Banner
Eik-name(s): 
Seth Land
Location of Esmeraldas
KintraEcuador
Established21 September 1526
CaipitalEsmeraldas
CantonsList of Cantons
Area
 • Total15954 km2 (6,160 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total520,711
 • Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
 • Population 2001
396047
The Rock o Sua.

The province is hame tae the Afro-Ecuadorian cultur.

Cantons eedit

The province is dividit intae 8 cantons. The follaein table leets each wi its population as o the 2001 census, its aurie in square kilometres (km²), an the name o the canton seat or caipital.[1]

Canton Pop. (2001) Aurie (km²) Seat/Caipital
Atacames 30,267 511 Atacames
Eloy Alfaro 33,403 4,302 Valdez
Esmeraldas 157,792 1,351 Esmeraldas
Muisne 25,080 1,265 Muisne
Quinindé 88,337 3,855 Rosa Zárate (a.k.a. Quinindé)
Río Verde 22,164 1,506 Rioverde
San Lorenzo 28,180 3,106 San Lorenzo

Parroquia (Ceety) eedit

The cantons are dividit intae mony parroquia's:

In Muisne:

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

See an aw eedit

References eedit

  1. Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.