Ein Kanton (span. cantón) ist in Ecuador eine Verwaltungseinheit dritter Ordnung, nach Staat und Provinz. Kantone sind in Gemeinden (Parroquias, wörtlich Kirchspiele) eingeteilt. Jeder Kanton hat ein oder mehrere urbane Kirchspiele, die ein Municipio (also eine Stadt) als Hauptort bzw. Verwaltungszentrum bilden, und eine wechselnde Zahl ländlicher Kirchspiele.
Insgesamt hat Ecuador derzeit 221 Kantone. Die Provinz Guayas hat mit 25 die meisten und im Oktober 2007 eingerichtete Provinz Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, die nur aus den Kantonen Santo Domingo de los Colorados und La Concordia besteht, die wenigsten.
Die ältesten Kantone bestehen seit dem Gesetz über die territoriale Ordnung Großkolumbiens von 1824, der jüngste ist der aus dem Kanton Ventanas ausgegliederte Kanton Quinsaloma in der Provinz Los Ríos, dessen Gründungsgesetz im November 2007 vom Nationalkongress verabschiedet wurde.[1]
In jedem Kanton gibt es einen jefe político (dt. Politisches Oberhaupt), der vom Staatspräsidenten eingesetzt wird und diesen repräsentiert. Im Hauptort (dem Municipio) gibt es darüber hinaus auch einen von den Einwohnern gewählten Bürgermeister und einen Stadtrat. Die zum Kanton gehörenden Kirchspiele wählen jeweils eine Kirchspielversammlung (junta parroquial).
Name | Provinz | Einwohner 2022 |
Einwohner 2010 |
Fläche [km²] |
Bev.-Dichte [Ew./km²] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 de Mayo | Manabí | 31.473 | 28.846 | 526 | 60 |
Aguarico | Orellana | 6.872 | 4.847 | 11.260 | 1 |
Alausí | Chimborazo | 37.275 | 44.089 | 1.644 | 23 |
Ambato | Tungurahua | 370.664 | 329.856 | 1.018 | 364 |
Antonio Ante | Imbabura | 53.771 | 43.518 | 82 | 654 |
Arajuno | Pastaza | 9.553 | 6.491 | 8.869 | 1 |
Archidona | Napo | 30.488 | 24.969 | 3.029 | 10 |
Arenillas | El Oro | 32.366 | 26.844 | 808 | 40 |
Atacames | Esmeraldas | 51.204 | 41.526 | 509 | 101 |
Atahualpa | El Oro | 6.112 | 5.833 | 278 | 22 |
Azogues | Cañar | 74.515 | 70.064 | 611 | 122 |
Baba | Los Ríos | 45.296 | 39.681 | 517 | 88 |
Babahoyo | Los Ríos | 178.509 | 153.776 | 1.087 | 164 |
Balao | Guayas | 25.655 | 20.523 | 469 | 55 |
Balsas | El Oro | 7.875 | 6.861 | 70 | 113 |
Balzar | Guayas | 57.829 | 53.937 | 1.186 | 49 |
Baños de Agua Santa | Tungurahua | 21.908 | 20.018 | 1.066 | 21 |
Biblián | Cañar | 18.852 | 20.817 | 227 | 83 |
Bolívar | Carchi | 15.677 | 14.347 | 359 | 44 |
Bolívar | Manabí | 41.827 | 40.735 | 538 | 78 |
Buena Fe | Los Ríos | 74.410 | 63.148 | 581 | 128 |
Caluma | Bolívar | 15.607 | 15.607 | 177 | 88 |
Calvas | Loja | 26.042 | 28.185 | 841 | 31 |
Camilo Ponce Enríquez | Azuay | 22.810 | 21.998 | 639 | 36 |
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola | Napo | 4.647 | 3.664 | 502 | 9 |
Cascales | Sucumbíos | 11.744 | 11.104 | 1.250 | 9 |
Catamayo | Loja | 35.240 | 30.638 | 652 | 54 |
Cayambe | Pichincha | 105.267 | 85.795 | 1.191 | 88 |
Cañar | Cañar | 52.150 | 59.323 | 1.798 | 29 |
Celica | Loja | 14.379 | 14.468 | 521 | 28 |
Centinela del Cóndor | Zamora Chinchipe | 7.882 | 6.479 | 262 | 30 |
Cevallos | Tungurahua | 10.433 | 8.163 | 19 | 550 |
Chaguarpamba | Loja | 6.857 | 7.161 | 313 | 22 |
Chambo | Chimborazo | 13.431 | 11.885 | 164 | 82 |
Chilla | El Oro | 2.251 | 2.484 | 332 | 7 |
Chillanes | Bolívar | 19.802 | 17.406 | 663 | 30 |
Chimbo | Bolívar | 15.524 | 15.779 | 261 | 59 |
Chinchipe | Zamora Chinchipe | 10.337 | 9.119 | 1.156 | 9 |
Chone | Manabí | 128.166 | 126.491 | 3.037 | 42 |
Chordeleg | Azuay | 12.197 | 12.577 | 105 | 116 |
Chunchi | Chimborazo | 10.635 | 12.686 | 273 | 39 |
Colimes | Guayas | 26.251 | 23.423 | 758 | 35 |
Colta | Chimborazo | 30.468 | 44.971 | 836 | 36 |
Coronel Marcelino Maridueña | Guayas | 13.183 | 12.033 | 254 | 52 |
Cotacachi | Imbabura | 53.001 | 40.036 | 1.687 | 31 |
Cuenca | Azuay | 596.101 | 505.585 | 3.191 | 187 |
Cumandá | Chimborazo | 16.602 | 12.922 | 159 | 104 |
Cuyabeno | Sucumbíos | 8.852 | 7.133 | 3.906 | 2 |
Daule | Guayas | 222.446 | 120.326 | 462 | 481 |
Durán | Guayas | 303.910 | 235.769 | 300 | 1.012 |
Déleg | Cañar | 6.046 | 6.100 | 76 | 79 |
Echeandía | Bolívar | 14.654 | 12.114 | 230 | 64 |
El Carmen | Manabí | 120.936 | 89.021 | 1.749 | 69 |
El Chaco | Napo | 9.252 | 7.960 | 3.500 | 3 |
El Empalme | Guayas | 79.767 | 74.451 | 716 | 111 |
El Guabo | El Oro | 59.536 | 50.009 | 603 | 99 |
El Pan | Azuay | 2.776 | 3.036 | 181 | 15 |
El Pangui | Zamora Chinchipe | 12.768 | 8.619 | 631 | 20 |
El Tambo | Cañar | 9.285 | 9.475 | 64 | 145 |
El Triunfo | Guayas | 60.541 | 44.778 | 395 | 153 |
Eloy Alfaro | Esmeraldas | 46.305 | 39.739 | 4.273 | 11 |
Esmeraldas | Esmeraldas | 211.848 | 189.504 | 1.350 | 157 |
Espejo | Carchi | 14.522 | 13.364 | 554 | 26 |
Espíndola | Loja | 14.119 | 14.799 | 516 | 27 |
Flavio Alfaro | Manabí | 26.415 | 25.004 | 1.347 | 20 |
Francisco de Orellana | Orellana | 95.130 | 72.795 | 7.079 | 13 |
General Antonio Elizalde | Guayas | 11.810 | 10.642 | 154 | 77 |
Girón | Azuay | 12.182 | 12.607 | 347 | 35 |
Gonzalo Pizarro | Sucumbíos | 10.356 | 8.599 | 2.229 | 5 |
Gonzanamá | Loja | 12.247 | 12.716 | 698 | 18 |
Guachapala | Azuay | 3.586 | 3.409 | 40 | 91 |
Gualaceo | Azuay | 43.188 | 42.709 | 350 | 123 |
Gualaquiza | Morona Santiago | 21.892 | 17.162 | 2.208 | 10 |
Guamote | Chimborazo | 35.769 | 45.153 | 1.222 | 29 |
Guano | Chimborazo | 48.327 | 42.851 | 460 | 105 |
Guaranda | Bolívar | 98.130 | 91.877 | 1.892 | 52 |
Guayaquil | Guayas | 2.746.403 | 2.350.915 | 4.196 | 654 |
Huamboya | Morona Santiago | 10.830 | 8.466 | 664 | 16 |
Huaquillas | El Oro | 56.303 | 48.285 | 64 | 883 |
Ibarra | Imbabura | 217.469 | 181.175 | 1.093 | 199 |
Isabela | Galápagos | 3.050 | 2.256 | 5.367 | 1 |
Isidro Ayora | Guayas | 14.305 | 10.870 | 487 | 29 |
Jama | Manabí | 16.588 | 23.253 | 579 | 29 |
Jaramijó | Manabí | 29.759 | 18.486 | 97 | 306 |
Jipijapa | Manabí | 78.117 | 71.083 | 1.467 | 53 |
Jujan | Guayas | 25.526 | 25.179 | 219 | 117 |
Junín | Manabí | 22.324 | 18.942 | 246 | 91 |
La Concordia | Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas | 51.386 | 42.924 | 323 | 159 |
La Joya de los Sachas | Orellana | 52.444 | 37.591 | 1.202 | 44 |
La Libertad | Santa Elena | 112.247 | 95.942 | 26 | 4.317 |
La Maná | Cotopaxi | 53.793 | 42.216 | 656 | 82 |
La Troncal | Cañar | 62.103 | 54.389 | 324 | 192 |
Lago Agrio | Sucumbíos | 105.044 | 91.744 | 3.143 | 33 |
Las Lajas | El Oro | 5.738 | 4.794 | 298 | 19 |
Las Naves | Bolívar | 7.012 | 6.092 | 149 | 47 |
Latacunga | Cotopaxi | 217.261 | 170.489 | 1.386 | 157 |
Limón Indanza | Morona Santiago | 9.602 | 9.722 | 2.101 | 5 |
Logroño | Morona Santiago | 7.484 | 5.723 | 1.171 | 6 |
Loja | Loja | 250.028 | 214.855 | 1.895 | 132 |
Lomas de Sargentillo | Guayas | 22.254 | 18.413 | 67 | 333 |
Loreto | Orellana | 27.720 | 21.163 | 2.151 | 13 |
Macará | Loja | 18.215 | 19.018 | 575 | 32 |
Machala | El Oro | 306.309 | 245.972 | 330 | 928 |
Manta | Manabí | 271.145 | 226.477 | 303 | 894 |
Marcabelí | El Oro | 6.870 | 5.450 | 149 | 46 |
Mejía | Pichincha | 101.894 | 81.335 | 1.485 | 69 |
Mera | Pastaza | 15.087 | 11.861 | 528 | 29 |
Milagro | Guayas | 195.943 | 166.634 | 405 | 484 |
Mira | Carchi | 12.727 | 12.180 | 587 | 22 |
Mocache | Los Ríos | 42.026 | 38.392 | 568 | 74 |
Mocha | Tungurahua | 7.260 | 6.777 | 86 | 85 |
Montalvo | Los Ríos | 28.354 | 24.164 | 363 | 78 |
Montecristi | Manabí | 99.937 | 70.294 | 739 | 135 |
Montúfar | Carchi | 29.590 | 30.511 | 383 | 77 |
Morona | Morona Santiago | 54.935 | 41.155 | 4.657 | 12 |
Muisne | Esmeraldas | 36.426 | 28.474 | 1.243 | 29 |
Nabón | Azuay | 14.776 | 15.892 | 636 | 23 |
Nangaritza | Zamora Chinchipe | 6.429 | 5.196 | 2.023 | 3 |
Naranjal | Guayas | 83.691 | 69.012 | 1.740 | 48 |
Naranjito | Guayas | 44.169 | 37.186 | 225 | 197 |
Nobol | Guayas | 23.850 | 19.600 | 1.275 | 19 |
Olmedo | Loja | 4.164 | 4.870 | 113 | 37 |
Olmedo | Manabí | 10.090 | 9.844 | 254 | 40 |
Otavalo | Imbabura | 114.303 | 104.874 | 490 | 233 |
Pablo Sexto | Morona Santiago | 2.267 | 1.823 | 1.390 | 2 |
Paján | Manabí | 41.879 | 37.073 | 1.088 | 38 |
Palanda | Zamora Chinchipe | 8.873 | 8.089 | 1.991 | 4 |
Palenque | Los Ríos | 24.838 | 22.320 | 580 | 43 |
Palestina | Guayas | 18.019 | 16.065 | 194 | 93 |
Pallatanga | Chimborazo | 11.796 | 11.544 | 379 | 31 |
Palora | Morona Santiago | 11.882 | 6.936 | 1.455 | 8 |
Paltas | Loja | 22.841 | 23.801 | 1.155 | 20 |
Pangua | Cotopaxi | 21.867 | 21.965 | 722 | 30 |
Paquisha | Zamora Chinchipe | 4.737 | 3.854 | 354 | 13 |
Pasaje | El Oro | 83.597 | 72.806 | 456 | 183 |
Pastaza | Pastaza | 82.754 | 62.016 | 19.930 | 4 |
Patate | Tungurahua | 13.879 | 13.497 | 315 | 44 |
Paute | Azuay | 26.782 | 25.494 | 271 | 99 |
Pedernales | Manabí | 70.408 | 55.128 | 1.907 | 37 |
Pedro Carbo | Guayas | 52.177 | 43.436 | 942 | 55 |
Pedro Moncayo | Pichincha | 40.483 | 33.172 | 338 | 120 |
Pedro Vicente Maldonado | Pichincha | 15.475 | 12.924 | 624 | 25 |
Penipe | Chimborazo | 6.748 | 6.739 | 367 | 18 |
Pichincha | Manabí | 30.380 | 30.244 | 1.075 | 28 |
Pimampiro | Imbabura | 13.366 | 12.970 | 449 | 30 |
Pindal | Loja | 10.409 | 8.645 | 202 | 52 |
Piñas | El Oro | 29.406 | 25.988 | 617 | 48 |
Playas | Guayas | 58.768 | 41.935 | 273 | 216 |
Portovelo | El Oro | 13.556 | 12.200 | 288 | 47 |
Portoviejo | Manabí | 322.925 | 280.029 | 961 | 336 |
Pucará | Azuay | 9.693 | 10.052 | 585 | 17 |
Puebloviejo | Los Ríos | 40.961 | 36.477 | 336 | 122 |
Puerto López | Manabí | 25.630 | 20.451 | 429 | 60 |
Puerto Quito | Pichincha | 25.067 | 20.445 | 695 | 36 |
Pujilí | Cotopaxi | 66.980 | 69.055 | 1.302 | 51 |
Putumayo | Sucumbíos | 9.018 | 10.174 | 3.575 | 3 |
Puyango | Loja | 16.257 | 15.513 | 638 | 25 |
Quero | Tungurahua | 19.084 | 19.205 | 174 | 110 |
Quevedo | Los Ríos | 206.008 | 173.575 | 305 | 676 |
Quijos | Napo | 6.472 | 6.224 | 1.589 | 4 |
Quilanga | Loja | 3.971 | 4.337 | 237 | 17 |
Quinindé | Esmeraldas | 126.841 | 122.570 | 3.875 | 33 |
Quinsaloma | Los Ríos | 19.470 | 16.476 | 283 | 69 |
Quito | Pichincha | 2.679.722 | 2.239.191 | 4.218 | 635 |
Riobamba | Chimborazo | 260.882 | 225.741 | 983 | 265 |
Rioverde | Esmeraldas | 32.885 | 26.869 | 1.508 | 22 |
Rocafuerte | Manabí | 42.688 | 33.469 | 280 | 153 |
Rumiñahui | Pichincha | 107.904 | 85.852 | 136 | 794 |
Salcedo | Cotopaxi | 67.493 | 58.216 | 486 | 139 |
Salinas | Santa Elena | 86.801 | 68.675 | 68 | 1.273 |
Salitre | Guayas | 61.060 | 57.402 | 393 | 155 |
Samborondón | Guayas | 98.540 | 67.590 | 368 | 268 |
San Cristóbal | Galápagos | 8.300 | 7.475 | 849 | 10 |
San Felipe de Oña | Azuay | 3.422 | 3.583 | 293 | 12 |
San Fernando | Azuay | 3.738 | 3.993 | 142 | 26 |
San Jacinto de Yaguachi | Guayas | 72.699 | 60.958 | 512 | 142 |
San Juan Bosco | Morona Santiago | 4.372 | 3.908 | 1.055 | 4 |
San Lorenzo | Esmeraldas | 48.391 | 42.486 | 3.051 | 16 |
San Miguel de Bolívar | Bolívar | 28.349 | 27.244 | 574 | 49 |
San Miguel de Urcuquí | Imbabura | 17.969 | 15.671 | 785 | 23 |
San Miguel de los Bancos | Pichincha | 13.661 | 17.573 | 850 | 16 |
San Pedro de Huaca | Carchi | 7.937 | 7.624 | 69 | 115 |
San Pedro de Pelileo | Tungurahua | 63.897 | 56.573 | 202 | 317 |
San Vicente | Manabí | 24.997 | 22.025 | 709 | 35 |
Santa Ana | Manabí | 51.462 | 47.385 | 1.025 | 50 |
Santa Clara | Pastaza | 4.521 | 3.565 | 314 | 14 |
Santa Cruz | Galápagos | 17.233 | 15.393 | 1.794 | 10 |
Santa Elena | Santa Elena | 186.687 | 144.076 | 3.669 | 51 |
Santa Isabel | Azuay | 20.753 | 18.393 | 605 | 34 |
Santa Lucía | Guayas | 43.700 | 38.923 | 358 | 122 |
Santa Rosa | El Oro | 80.299 | 69.036 | 822 | 98 |
Santiago | Morona Santiago | 9.755 | 9.295 | 1.405 | 7 |
Santiago de Píllaro | Tungurahua | 42.497 | 38.357 | 447 | 95 |
Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas | 441.583 | 368.013 | 3.447 | 128 |
Saquisilí | Cotopaxi | 24.356 | 25.320 | 205 | 119 |
Saraguro | Loja | 29.111 | 30.183 | 1.083 | 27 |
Sevilla de Oro | Azuay | 4.613 | 5.889 | 315 | 15 |
Shushufindi | Sucumbíos | 50.826 | 44.328 | 2.470 | 21 |
Sigchos | Cotopaxi | 18.460 | 21.944 | 1.352 | 14 |
Simón Bolívar | Guayas | 29.427 | 25.483 | 359 | 82 |
Sozoranga | Loja | 6.970 | 7.465 | 411 | 17 |
Sucre | Manabí | 62.841 | 57.159 | 694 | 91 |
Sucumbíos | Sucumbíos | 3.174 | 3.390 | 1.511 | 2 |
Sucúa | Morona Santiago | 23.504 | 18.318 | 893 | 26 |
Suscal | Cañar | 4.627 | 5.016 | 50 | 93 |
Sígsig | Azuay | 24.992 | 26.910 | 659 | 38 |
Taisha | Morona Santiago | 26.700 | 18.437 | 6.170 | 4 |
Tena | Napo | 80.816 | 60.880 | 3.922 | 21 |
Tisaleo | Tungurahua | 13.910 | 12.137 | 59 | 236 |
Tiwintza | Morona Santiago | 9.285 | 6.995 | 1.170 | 8 |
Tosagua | Manabí | 42.853 | 38.341 | 375 | 114 |
Tulcán | Carchi | 92.375 | 86.498 | 1.828 | 51 |
Urdaneta | Los Ríos | 33.151 | 29.263 | 378 | 88 |
Valencia | Los Ríos | 51.509 | 42.556 | 978 | 53 |
Ventanas | Los Ríos | 73.211 | 66.551 | 532 | 138 |
Vinces | Los Ríos | 80.909 | 71.736 | 697 | 116 |
Yacuambi | Zamora Chinchipe | 6.391 | 5.835 | 1.254 | 5 |
Yantzaza | Zamora Chinchipe | 23.370 | 18.675 | 1.014 | 23 |
Zamora | Zamora Chinchipe | 30.186 | 25.510 | 1.898 | 16 |
Zapotillo | Loja | 14.571 | 12.312 | 1.238 | 12 |
Zaruma | El Oro | 24.374 | 24.097 | 649 | 38 |