Los Ríos Province

Los Rios
Province
Provincia de Los Rios
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Location o Los Rios Province in Ecuador.
Cantons o Los Ríos Province
Kintra	Ecuador
Creatit	30 September 1948.
Foondit bi	Legislative decree
Named for	Heich number o existin rivers.
Caipital	Babahoyo
Cantons	Leet o Cantons
Govrenment
• Teep	Provincial
Area
• Total	7152 km2 (2,761 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	778.115
• Urban	326122
• Population 2001	668309
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)

Los Ríos is a province in Ecuador. The caipital is Babahoyo. The province wis foondit on 30 September 1948 unner legistative decree. 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

The province's economy is lairgely based on its agricultur: coffee, cacao, bananas, rice, etc. Its sma industrial sector produces paper, succar, an firth crafts. Recently developit tourist attractions include fishin an native rituals.

Cantons

The province is dividit intae 13 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.

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			Quinsaloma
Urdaneta	25,812	377	Catarama
Valencia	32,870	980	Valencia
Ventanas	71,145	806	Ventanas
Vinces	61,565	693	Vinces

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• Provinces o Ecuador
• Cantons o Ecuador