Los Ríos Province

Los Rios
Province
Provincia de Los Rios
Flag Seal
Location of Los Rios Province in Ecuador.
Cantons of Los Ríos Province
Country	Ecuador
Created	September 30, 1948.
Founded by	Legislative decree.
Named for	High number of existing rivers.
Capital	Babahoyo
Cantons	List of Cantons
Government
• Type	Provincial
Area
• Total	7,205.27 km2 (2,781.97 sq mi)
Population (2010)[1]
• Total	778,115
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
• Urban	326,122
• Population 2001	668,309
Time zone	ECT (UTC-5)
Vehicle registration	R
Website	www.los-rios.gob.ec

New Muelle Municipal, Babahoyo

Los Ríos is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Babahoyo. The province was founded on September 30, 1948, under legistative decree.^[2] Its capital Babahoyo was founded October 6, 1860.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:^[3]

• Mestizo 52.9%
• Montubio 35.1%
• Afro-Ecuadorian 6.2%
• White 5.0%
• Indigenous 0.6%
• Other 0.3%

Economy

The province's economy is largely based on its agriculture: coffee, cacao, bananas, rice, etc. Its small industrial sector produces paper, sugar, and wood crafts. Recently developed tourist attractions include fishing and native rituals.

Cantons

The province is divided into 13 cantons.^[2] The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.^[4]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Province of Los Ríos.

• Provinces of Ecuador
• Cantons of Ecuador

References

1. ↑ http://www.inec.gob.ec/preliminares/somos.html
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Info on Los Rios
3. ↑
4. ↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

Provinces of Ecuador Azuay Bolívar Cañar Carchi Chimborazo Cotopaxi El Oro Esmeraldas Galápagos Guayas Imbabura Loja Los Ríos Manabí Morona-Santiago Napo Orellana Pastaza Pichincha Santa Elena Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Sucumbíos Tungurahua Zamora-Chinchipe

Coordinates: 1°46′00″S 79°27′00″W / 1.76667°S 79.45°W / -1.76667; -79.45