Provinces of Ecuador

Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces. The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:

List

¹ Population as per the census carried out on 2022-10-01
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.
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.
El Piedrero: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017.
Matilde Esther: incorporated into Guayas Province by the Presidential decree in 2017

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 : Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbíos. Administrative city: Ibarra
Region 2 : Pichincha, Napo, and Orellana. Administrative city: Tena
Region 3 : Chimborazo, Tungurahua, Pastaza, and Cotopaxi. Administrative city: Riobamba
Region 4 : Manabí and Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. Administrative city: Ciudad Alfaro
Region 5 : Santa Elena, Guayas, Los Ríos, Galápagos, and Bolívar. Administrative city: Milagro
Region 6 : Cañar, Azuay, and Morona Santiago. Administrative city: Cuenca
Region 7 : El Oro, Loja, and Zamora Chinchipe. Administrative city: Loja

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