Chimborazo () is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
in the central
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...
ian
Andes
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. It is a home to a section of
Sangay National Park. The capital is
Riobamba. The province contains
Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's highest mountain.
Cantons
The province is divided into 10
canton
Canton may refer to:
Administrative division terminology
* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
Arts and ent ...
s. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2010
census
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, its area in square kilometres (km
2), and the name of the
canton seat or
capital.
Town's in the province include
Cacha.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the
Ecuadorian census of 2010:
*
Mestizo
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58.4%
*
Indigenous 38.0%
*
White
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2.2%
*
Afro-Ecuadorian
Afro-Ecuadorians or Afroecuatorianos (Spanish), are Ecuadorians of predominantly Sub-Saharan African descent.
History and background
Most Afro-Ecuadorians are the descendants of enslaved Africans who were transported by Spanish slavers to Ecuado ...
1.1%
*
Montubio 0.3%
*Other 0.1%
See also
*
Cantons of Ecuador
*
Provinces of Ecuador
Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces ( es, provincias, singular''provincia''). The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:
List
1 Population as per the census carried out on 2010-11-28
In addition, there were four areas that were non-del ...
*
Chimborazo volcano
*
Sangay National Park
*
Opportunitas aequa
References
External links
*
Gobierno de la Provincia de Chimborazo official website
*
Radio Mundial RiobambaChimborazo area map
Provinces of Ecuador
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