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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 km 2, or 16,265 mi 2 ): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbios.
high · 16th. Esmeraldas ( Spanish pronunciation: [esmeˈɾaldas]) is a province in northwestern Ecuador. The capital is Esmeraldas . The province is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian culture . The Rock of Sua.
0.727 [ 2] high · 12th. Website. www .hcpcanar .gov .ec. Cañar ( Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɲaɾ]) is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. [ 3] It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their ...
Location of Pichincha in Ecuador. / 0.250°S 78.583°W / -0.250; -78.583. Pichincha ( Spanish pronunciation: [piˈtʃintʃa]) is a province of Ecuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito. It is bordered by Imbabura and Esmeraldas to the north, Cotopaxi and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the ...
Guayas ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡwa.ʝas] ⓘ) is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean (as the Gulf of Guayaquil ); to the east by Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, and Azuay; to the north by Los Ríos and Bolívar; and to the south by El Oro and the Pacific Ocean .
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province. / 0.333°S 79.250°W / -0.333; -79.250. Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsanto ðoˈmiŋgo ðe los ˈtsatʃilas]) [ 4] is a province in the Republic of Ecuador, created in October 2007 from territory previously in the province of Pichincha .
There were two military dictatorships in the country (1963–1966 and 1972–1979) before democracy returned with the election of Jaime Roldós Aguilera. From 1996 to 2005, 3 constitutional presidents were overthrown ( Abdalá Bucaram, Jamil Mahuad and Lucio Gutiérrez ). The left-wing populist government of Rafael Correa (2007–2017) has been ...
ISO 3166-2:EC is the entry for Ecuador in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1 . Currently for Ecuador, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 24 ...