Esmeraldas Province

Esmeraldas
Esmeraldas
Province
	Province of Esmeraldas
	Flag
	Location within Ecuador
	Cantons of Esmeraldas Province
	Coordinates: 0°58′00″S 79°39′00″W / 0.966667°S 79.65°WCoordinates: 0°58′00″S 79°39′00″W / 0.966667°S 79.65°W
Country	Ecuador
Established	September 21, 1526
Capital	Esmeraldas
Cantons	List of Cantons
Government
• Provincial Prefect	Linder Altafuya (MUP)
Area
• Total	16,132.23 km2 (6,228.69 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
• Total	534,092
• Density	33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	E
HDI (2017)	0.718; high · 16th

Esmeraldas (Spanish pronunciation: [ezmeˈɾaldas]) is a province in northwestern Ecuador. The capital is Esmeraldas.

The province is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian culture.

The Rock of Sua

Demographics[]

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:^[2]

Mestizo 44.7%
Afro-Ecuadorian 43.9%
White 5.9%
Indigenous 2.8%
Montubio 2.4%
Other 0.3%

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.^[3]

Canton	Pop. (2019)	Area (km²)	Seat/Capital
Atacames	54,200	511	Atacames
Eloy Alfaro	45,270	4,302	Valdez (a.k.a. Limones)
Esmeraldas	216,900	1,351	Esmeraldas
Muisne	31,030	1,265	Muisne
Quinindé	144,200	3,855	Rosa Zárate (a.k.a. Quinindé)
Río Verde	31,160	1,506	Rioverde
San Lorenzo	60,660	3,106	San Lorenzo

Parroquias (Parishes)[]

The cantons are divided into many parroquias:

In Muisne:

Bellavista
Daule
Maldonado
Muisne
Pedro Carlo
Tola
Union of Daule

References[]

^ Villalba, Juan. "Human Development Index in Ecuador". Scribd (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-05.
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. "Resultados |". Ecuadorencifras.gob.ec. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
^ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.