| Los Rios |
| — Province — |
| Provincia de Los Rios |
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Location o Los Rios Province in Ecuador. |
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Cantons o Los Ríos Province |
| Kintra |
Ecuador |
| Creatit |
30 September 1948. |
| Foonder |
Legislative decree |
| Named for |
Heich number o existin rivers. |
| Caipital |
Babahoyo |
| Cantons |
Leet o Cantons |
| Govrenment |
| - Mayor |
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| Aurie |
| - Tot |
7,152 km2 (2,761.4 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2010)[1] |
| - Tot |
778.115 |
| - Urban |
326,122 |
| - Population 2001 |
668,309 |
| Time zone |
ECT (UTC-5) |
Los Ríos is a province in Ecuador. The caipital is Babahoyo. The province wis foondit on 30 September 1948 unner legistative decree.[2] Its caipital Babahoyo wis foondit on 6 October 1860. The province is poor, law-lyin, aften subject tae floodin an haes some o wirst roads in the kintra.
Economy [edit]
The province's economy is lairgely based on its agricultur: coffee, cacao, bananas, rice, etc. Its sma industrial sector produces paper, sugar, an firth crafts. Recently developit tourist attractions include fishin an native rituals.
Cantons [edit]
The province is dividit intae 13 cantons.[2] The follaein table leets each wi its population as o the 2001 census, its aurie in square kilometres (km²), an the name o the canton seat or caipital.[3]
| Canton |
Pop. (2001) |
Aurie (km²) |
Seat/Caipital |
| Baba |
35,185 |
516 |
Baba |
| Babahoyo |
132,824 |
1,076 |
Babahoyo |
| Buena Fé |
47,361 |
569 |
San Jacinto de Buena Fe |
| Mocache |
33,481 |
562 |
Mocache |
| Montalvo |
20,067 |
362 |
Montalvo |
| Palenque |
20,658 |
570 |
Palenque |
| Pueblo Viejo |
29,420 |
338 |
Puebloviejo |
| Quevedo |
139,790 |
303 |
Quevedo |
| Quinsaloma |
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Quinsaloma |
| Urdaneta |
25,812 |
377 |
Catarama |
| Valencia |
32,870 |
980 |
Valencia |
| Ventanas |
71,145 |
806 |
Ventanas |
| Vinces |
61,565 |
693 |
Vinces |
See an aw [edit]
References [edit]
- ↑ http://www.inec.gob.ec/preliminares/somos.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Info on Los Rios
- ↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
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