Ecuador

Administrative units

region provincia canton	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1990-11-25 census	population 2001-11-25 census
source: INEC, Ecuador.
Región Sierra		63,515.9	4,399,166	5,460,738
Azuay	Cuenca	7,994.7	506,090	599,546
Bolívar	Guaranda	3,926.0	155,088	169,370
Cañar	Azogues	3,141.6	189,347	206,981
Carchi	Tulcán	3,749.7	141,482	152,939
Cotopaxi	Latacunga	5,984.5	276,213	349,540
Chimborazo	Riobamba	6,470.4	362,430	403,632
Imbabura	Ibarra	4,614.6	265,499	344,044
Loja	Loja	10,994.9	384,698	404,835
Pichincha	Quito	13,270.1	1,756,339	2,388,817
Tungurahua	Ambato	3,369.4	361,980	441,034
Región Costa		68,323.7	4,808,290	6,056,223
El Oro	Machala	5,817.4	412,572	525,763
Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	15,895.7	318,834	385,223
Guayas	Guayaquil	20,566.0	2,517,356	3,309,034
Los Ríos	Babahoyo	7,150.9	527,601	650,178
Manabí	Portoviejo	18,893.7	1,031,927	1,186,025
Región Amazónica		115,744.9	372,573	548,419
Morona Santiago	Macas	23,796.8	84,216	115,412
Napo	Tena	12,483.4	56,863	79,139
Pastaza	Puyo	29,325.0	41,594	61,779
Zamora Chinchipe	Zamora	10,456.3	66,167	76,601
Sucumbíos	Nueva Loja	18,008.3	76,952	128,995
Orellana	Puerto Francisco de Orellana	21,675.1	46,781	86,493
Región Insular		8,010.0	9,785	18,640
Galápagos	Puerto Barquerizo Moreno	8,010.0	9,785	18,640
Región Zonas no Delimitadas		775.2		72,588
total		255,594.8	9,589,514	12,156,608

name	population 1990-11-25 census	population 2001-11-25 census
Guayaquil	1,508,444	1,985,379
Quito	1,100,847	1,399,378
Cuenca	194,981	277,374
Machala	144,197	204,578
Santo Domingo De Los Colorados	114,422	199,827
Manta	125,505	183,105
Eloy Alfaro (Durán)	82,359	174,531
Portoviejo	132,937	171,847
Ambato	124,166	154,095
Riobamba	94,505	124,807
Quevedo	86,910	120,379
Loja	94,305	118,532
Milagro	93,637	113,440
Ibarra	80,991	108,535
Esmeraldas	98,558	95,124
Calderón (Carapungo)	..	84,848
La Libertad	..	77,646
Babahoyo	50,285	76,869
Sangolquí	35,386	56,794
Conocoto	..	53,137
Latacunga	39,882	51,689
Tulcán	37,069	47,359
Chone	41,437	45,526
Pasaje	32,947	45,215
Santa Rosa	32,648	42,593
Vuelta Larga	..	40,187
Huaquillas	27,368	40,183
source: INEC, Ecuador.