Regions in Ecuador

Ecuador is made up of 24 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Ecuador. Information on all primary administrative regions in Ecuador.

Please click on a region name for more information on this region.

You can sort the regions in Ecuador alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population

Primary administrative regions in Ecuador

There are 24 regions in Ecuador in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Ecuador
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Pichincha Provincia de Pichincha1.2,576,287Quito Quito2,781,641
Guayas Provincia del Guayas2.3,645,483Guayaquil Guayaquil2,723,665
Azuay Provincia del Azuay3.712,127Cuenca Cuenca636,996
Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas Provincia de Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas4.368,013Santo Domingo de los Colorados Santo Domingo de los Colorados458,580
Tungurahua Tungurahua5.581,389Ambato Ambato387,309
Manabi Provincia de Manabí6.1,369,780Portoviejo Portoviejo321,800
El Oro Provincia de El Oro7.600,659Machala Machala289,141
Loja Provincia de Loja8.448,966Loja Loja274,112
Chimborazo Chimborazo9.458,581Riobamba Riobamba264,048
Imbabura Provincia de Imbabura10.398,244Ibarra Ibarra221,149
Esmeraldas Provincia de Esmeraldas11.534,092Esmeraldas Esmeraldas218,727
Cotopaxi Provincia de Cotopaxi12.409,205Latacunga Latacunga205,624
Carchi Provincia del Carchi13.164,524Tulcan Tulcán86,498
Los Rios Provincia de Los Ríos14.778,115Babahoyo Babahoyo76,279
Orellana Orellana15.136,396Puerto Francisco de Orellana Puerto Francisco de Orellana48,144
Santa Elena Provincia de Santa Elena16.308,693Santa Elena Santa Elena42,214
Canar Cañar17.58,185Azogues Azogues34,877
Pastaza Pastaza18.83,933Puyo Puyo24,881
Sucumbios Provincia de Sucumbíos19.176,472Nueva Loja Nueva Loja24,211
Morona-Santiago Morona Santiago20.147,940Macas Macas23,687
Bolivar Provincia de Bolívar21.183,641Guaranda Guaranda22,199
Napo Provincia de Napo22.103,697Tena Tena17,172
Zamora-Chinchipe Zamora Chinchipe23.91,376Zamora Zamora15,276
Galapagos Provincia de Galápagos24.25,124Puerto Baquerizo Moreno Puerto Baquerizo Moreno4,214