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Esmeraldas
Province
Province of Esmeraldas
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Location within Ecuador
Cantons of Esmeraldas Province
Coordinates: 0°40′N 79°15′W / 0.667°N 79.250°W / 0.667; -79.250
Country	Ecuador
Established	September 21, 1847
Capital	Esmeraldas
Cantons	List of Cantons
Government
• Provincial Prefect	Roberta Zambrano (MUP)
Area
• Province	15,841 km (6,116 sq mi)
Population
• Province	553,900
• Density	35/km (91/sq mi)
• Urban	248,586
Vehicle registration	E
HDI (2017)	0.718 high · 16th

Esmeraldas (Spanish pronunciation: [esmeˈɾaldas]) is a northwestern coastal province of Ecuador. The capital and largest city is Esmeraldas. Esmeraldas is one of the three provinces of Ecuador that borders Colombia, and it is the most northern province in the country. The province borders Imbabura and Carchi to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, Manabí, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and Pichincha to the south, and Colombia to the north. The province is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian culture.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:

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

Governance

The province has a governor who is appointed by the President. In 2013 Paola Cabezas was appointed as the Governor by President Rafael Correa. She served for three years until she resigned and she was succeeded by Gabriel Rivera López who was also appointed by President Correa.

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 (km), and the name of the canton seat or capital.

Parroquias (Parishes)

The cantons are divided into many parroquias:

In Muisne:

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

See also

• Cantons of Ecuador
• Provinces of Ecuador
• Mompiche

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population and area of Esmeraldas Province
2. Villalba, Juan. "Human Development Index in Ecuador". Scribd (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-05.
3. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos. "Resultados |". Ecuadorencifras.gob.ec. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
4. "Nueva Gobernadora asumió funciones : Noticias Esmeraldas : La Hora Noticias de Ecuador, sus provincias y el mundo". 2021-05-13. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
5. "Gabriel Rivera es el nuevo gobernador de Esmeraldas - El Comercio". 2021-05-13. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
6. Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

v t e Provinces of Ecuador
Province	Azuay Bolívar Cañar Carchi Chimborazo Cotopaxi El Oro Esmeraldas Galápagos Guayas Imbabura Loja Los Ríos Manabí Morona-Santiago Napo Orellana Pastaza Pichincha Santa Elena Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Sucumbíos Tungurahua Zamora-Chinchipe
Former Provinces	Azogues Cuenca Guayaquil Napo Pastaza León Oriente Santiago Zamora Veintemilla

• Esmeraldas Province
• African diaspora in Ecuador
• Provinces of Ecuador