Cañar () is a

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known

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settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous

Cañari The Cañari (in Kichwa: Kañari) are an indigenous ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the territory of the modern provinces of Azuay and Cañar in Ecuador. They are descended from the independent pre-Columbian tribal confederation of the ...

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *

Mestizo ( , ; fem. , literally 'mixed person') is a term primarily used to denote people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the former Spanish Empire. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturall ...

76.7% * Indigenous 15.2% *

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4.3% *

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2.6% *

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1.1% * Other 0.2%

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 (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.Cantons of Ecuador
Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
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References

External links

*
Gobierno de la Provincia del Cañar
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Canar Province Provinces of Ecuador

Demographics

Cantons

See also

References

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