Esmeraldas () is a
province
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in northwestern
Ecuador
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. The capital is
Esmeraldas.
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
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5.9%
*
Indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
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2.8%
*
Montubio 2.4%
*Other 0.3%
Governance
The province has a governor who is appointed by the President. In 2013
Paola Cabezas
Janeth Paola Cabezas Castillo (born 4 September 1978) is an Ecuadorian politician and former television presenter. She was the Governor of Esmeraldas Province from 2013 to 2016 and is a current member of Ecuador's National Assembly for the Ci ...
was appointed as the Governor by President
Rafael Correa
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado (; born 6 April 1963), known as Rafael Correa, is an Ecuadorian politician and economist who served as President of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017. The leader of the PAIS Alliance political movement from its foundation ...
.
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
2), and the name of the
canton seat
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or
capital.
Cantons of Ecuador
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Parroquias (Parishes)
The cantons are divided into many parroquias:
In Muisne:
# Bellavista
# Daule
# Maldonado
# Muisne
# Pedro Carlo
# Tola
# Union of Daule
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 ...
References
Afro-Ecuadorian
Provinces of Ecuador
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