Cañar Province

For other uses, see Cañar (disambiguation).

Cañar (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɲaɾ]) is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184.^[3] It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari.

Cañar
Province
Province of Cañar
Ingapirca
Flag Seal
Cañar Province in Ecuador
Cantons of Cañar Province
Country	Ecuador
Established	November 4, 1880
Recognized	April 25, 1884
Named for	Cañari
Capital	Azogues
Cantons	List of cantons Azogues Biblián Cañar Déleg El Tambo Suscal La Troncal
Government
• Provincial Prefect	Marcelo Jaramillo (RC)
Area
• Total	3,647 km2 (1,408 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census)[1]
• Total	227,578
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	ECT
Vehicle registration	U
HDI (2017)	0.727[2] high · 12th
Website	www.hcpcanar.gov.ec

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:^[4]

• Mestizo 76.7%
• Indigenous 15.2%
• White 4.3%
• Afro-Ecuadorian 2.6%
• Montubio 1.1%
• Other 0.2%

Cantons

The province is divided into 7 cantons. 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.^[5]

Canton	Pop. (2019)	Area (km²)	Seat/Capital
Azogues	85,030	613	Azogues
Biblián	23,590	227	Biblián
Cañar	68,190	1,804	Cañar
Déleg	6,760	78	Déleg
El Tambo	12,200	65	El Tambo
Suscal	6,390	31	Suscal
La Troncal	74,680	328	La Troncal

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See also

• Ingapirca
• Cañari
• Sangay National Park
• Provinces of Ecuador
• Cantons of Ecuador

References

1. Citypopulation.de
2. Villalba, Juan. "Human Development Index in Ecuador". Scribd (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-05.
3. INEC, Población total y tasa brutas de natalidad, mortalidad general, mortalidad infantil y materna según regiones y provincias de residencia habitual, año 2005 Archived 2008-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved October 13, 2007.
4. "Resultados" (PDF).
5. Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

External links

• (in Spanish) Gobierno de la Provincia del Cañar, official website

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