Chimborazo Province
Chimborazo | |
|---|---|
Province | |
| Province o Chimborazo | |
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.svg) Chimborazo Province in Ecuador | |
 Cantons o Chimborazo Province | |
| Kintra | Ecuador |
| Legal establishment | 25 Juin 1826 |
| Caipital | Riobamba |
| Cantons | List of cantons
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| Govrenment | |
| • Provincial Prefect | Mariano Curicama (Pachakutik) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6471 km2 (2,498 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 365,965 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Population 2001 | 295409 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (ECT) |
| Website | www.chimborazo.gov.ec |
Chimborazo is a province in Ecuador, locatit in the central Ecuadorian Andes, containin a section o Sangay Naitional Pairk. The caipital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's heichest muntain.
Cantons
[eedit | eedit soorce]The province is dividit intae 10 cantons. 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.[1]
| Canton | Pop. (2001) | Aurie (km²) | Seat/Caipital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alausí | 42,823 | 1,644 | Alausí |
| Chambo | 10,541 | 163 | Chambo |
| Chunchi | 12,474 | 273 | Chunchi |
| Colta | 44,701 | 829 | Cajabamba |
| Cumandá | 9,395 | 159 | Cumandá |
| Guamote | 35,210 | 1,216 | Guamote |
| Guano | 37,888 | 460 | Guano |
| Pallatanga | 10,800 | 377 | Pallatanga |
| Penipe | 6,485 | 370 | Penipe |
| Riobamba | 193,315 | 980 | Riobamba |
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- (in Spaingie) Gobierno de la Provincia de Chimborazo Archived 2009-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, offeecial wabsteid
- (in Spaingie) Radio Mundial Riobamba
- Chimborazo aurie map
