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Chimborazo Province

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Chimborazo
Province
Province o Chimborazo
Chimborazo volcano
Chimborazo Province in Ecuador
Chimborazo Province in Ecuador
Cantons o Chimborazo Province
Cantons o Chimborazo Province
KintraEcuador
Legal establishment25 Juin 1826
CaipitalRiobamba
Cantons
Govrenment
 • Provincial PrefectMariano Curicama (Pachakutik)
Area
 • Total6471 km2 (2,498 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total365,965
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
 • Population 2001
295409
Time zoneUTC-5 (ECT)
Websitewww.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

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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

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References

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  1. Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

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