Chimborazo | |
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Province | |
Province o Chimborazo | |
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.
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 |
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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 |