Guayas Province

Guayas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡwa.ʝas] (listen)) is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean. With over 3 million people, it has more people than any other province in Ecuador. The largest city of Ecuador, Guayaquil, is within the province.

Guayas
Province
Province of Guayas
Flag
Location of Guayas in Ecuador.
Cantons of Guayas Province
Country	Ecuador
Established	1820
Capital	Guayaquil
Cantons	List of Cantons
Government
• Provincial Prefect	Jimmy Jairala
Area
• Total	15,430.40 km2 (5,957.71 sq mi)
Population  (2010 census)
• Total	3,645,483
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Vehicle registration	G
HDI (2017)	0.768[1] high · 4th
Website	www.guayas.gob.ec

Political divisions

The province is divided into 25 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.^[2]

Canton	Pop. (2001)	Area (km²)	Seat/Capital
Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Jujan)	19,982	216	Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (a.k.a. Jujan)
Balao	17,262	465	Balao
Balzar (San Jacinto de Balzar)	48,470	1,173	Balzar
Colimes	21,049	758	Colimes
Coronel Marcelino Maridueña	11,054	255	Coronel Marcelino Maridueña
Daule	85,148	462	Daule
Durán	178,714	339	Durán
El Empalme	64,789	711	El Empalme (a.k.a. Velasco Ibarra)
El Triunfo	34,117	389	El Triunfo
General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay)	8,696	152	General Antonio Elizalde (a.k.a. Bucay)
Guayaquil	2,039,789	5,237	Guayaquil
Isidro Ayora	8,226	492	Isidro Ayora
Lomas de Sargentillo	14,194	67	Lomas de Sargentillo
Milagro	140,103	401	Milagro
Naranjal	53,482	2,015	Naranjal
Naranjito	31,756	226	Naranjito
Nobol	14,753	128	Nobol (a.k.a. Narcisa de Jesús)
Palestina	14,067	194	Palestina
Pedro Carbo	36,711	927	Pedro Carbo
Playas (General Villamil Playas)	30,045	269	Playas (a.k.a. General Villamil Playas)
Salitre (was Urbina Jado)	50,379	390	El Salitre
Samborondón	45,476	388	Samborondón
Santa Lucía	33,868	348	Santa Lucía
Simón Bolívar	20,385	289	Simón Bolívar
Yaguachi	47,630	512	Yaguachi (San Jacinto de Yaguachi)