Provinces of Ecuador

Map key	Province	Capital	Population (2022 census)[1]	Area (km2)
1	Azuay	Cuenca	801,609	8,189
2	Bolívar	Guaranda	199,078	4,148
3	Cañar	Azogues	227,578	3,669
4	Carchi	Tulcán	172,828	3,790
5	Chimborazo	Riobamba	471,933	5,999
6	Cotopaxi	Latacunga	470,210	6,085
7	El Oro	Machala	714,592	5,879
8	Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	553,900	16,132
9	Galápagos	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno	28,583	8,010
10	Guayas	Guayaquil	4,391,923	15,927
11	Imbabura	Ibarra	469,879	4,611
12	Loja	Loja	485,421	11,100
13	Los Ríos	Babahoyo	898,652	7,100
14	Manabí	Portoviejo	1,592,840	19,427
15	Morona Santiago	Macas	192,508	25,690
16	Napo	Tena	131,675	12,476
17	Orellana	Puerto Francisco de Orellana	182,166	21,691
18	Pastaza	Puyo	111,915	29,068
19	Pichincha	Quito	3,089,473	9,692
20	Santa Elena	Santa Elena	385,735	3,696
21	Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	Santo Domingo	492,969	4,180
22	Sucumbíos	Nueva Loja	199,014	18,612
23	Tungurahua	Ambato	563,532	3,222
24	Zamora Chinchipe	Zamora	110,973	10,556
Total	Ecuador	Quito	16,938,986	283,561 square kilometres (109,484 sq mi)

¹ Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01^[2]

In addition, there were four areas that were non-delimited. These locations were:

• Las Golondrinas: In a referendum held on April 3, 2016, 56.9% of voters voted in favor of Las Golondrinas being incorporated into the Imbabura Province.^[3]
• La Manga del Cura: In a referendum held on September 27, 2015, 64.2% of the voters voted in favor of La Manga del Cura being incorporated into the Manabí Province.^[4]
• El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017.^[5]
• Matilde Esther: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017^[6]

Regions and planning areas

Regionalization, or zoning, is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital, Quito.In Ecuador, there are seven regions, or zones, each shaped by the following provinces:

• Region 1 (42,126 km², or 16,265 mi²): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbios. Administrative city: Ibarra
• Region 2 (43,498 km², or 16,795 mi²): Pichincha, Napo, and Orellana. Administrative city: Tena
• Region 3 (44,710 km², or 17,263 mi²): Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Pastaza, and Cotopaxi. Administrative city: Riobamba
• Region 4 (22,257 km², or 8,594 mi²): Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. Administrative city: Ciudad Alfaro
• Region 5 (38,420 km², or 14,834 mi²): Santa Elena, Guayas, Los Ríos, Galápagos, and Bolívar. Administrative city: Milagro
• Region 6 (38,237 km², or 14,763 mi²): Cañar, Azuay, and Morona Santiago. Administrative city: Cuenca
• Region 7 (27,571 km², or 10,645 mi²): El Oro, Loja, and Zamora Chinchipe. Administrative city: Loja

Quito and Guayaquil are Metropolitan Districts. Galápagos, despite being included within Region 5,^[7] is also under a special unit.^[8]

• List of Ecuadorian provinces by Human Development Index
• Cantons of Ecuador
• ISO 3166-2:EC, ISO 3166-2 for codes.
• (in French) Leaders of Ecuador provinces

• "Provinces of Ecuador". Statoids.