Esmeraldas is a province in northwestern Ecuador

Ecuador

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. The capital is Esmeraldas

Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Esmeraldas is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador. It is the seat of the Esmeraldas Canton and the capital of the Esmeraldas Province. It has an international sea port and a small airport ....

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The province is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian culture

Afro-Ecuadorian people

An Afro-Ecuadorian is a member of a group in Ecuador who are descendants of black African slaves brought by the Spanish during their conquest of Ecuador from the Incas. They make up from 3% to 5% of Ecuador's population....

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Cantons

The province is divided into 8 cantons. The following table lists each with its population as of the 2001 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.

Canton	Pop. (2001)	Area (km²)	Seat/Capital
Atacames Atacames Canton Atacames Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of Atacames. Its population at the 2001 census was 30,267.-References:*...	30,267	511	Atacames Atacames Atacames is a beach town located on Ecuador's Northern Pacific coast. It is located in the province of Esmeraldas, approximately 30 kilometers away from the capital of that province, which is also called Esmeraldas. In 2005 Atacames's population was 11,251 inhabitants. Atacames has one of the...
Eloy Alfaro Eloy Alfaro Canton Eloy Alfaro Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of Valdez. Its population at the 2001 census was 33,403....	33,403	4,302	Valdez Valdez, Esmeraldas Valdez is a town in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador....
Esmeraldas Esmeraldas Canton Esmeraldas Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of Esmeraldas. Its population at the 2001 census was 157,792....	157,792	1,351	Esmeraldas Esmeraldas, Ecuador Esmeraldas is a coastal city in northwestern Ecuador. It is the seat of the Esmeraldas Canton and the capital of the Esmeraldas Province. It has an international sea port and a small airport ....
La Concordia La Concordia Canton La Concordia Canton will be a canton of Ecuador, located in the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province. Its capital is the town of La Concordia....		58	La Concordia
Muisne Muisne Canton Muisne Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of Muisne. Its population at the 2001 census was 25,080....	25,080	1,265	Muisne Muisne Muisne is a coastal town in the southwest of the province of Esmeraldas in northwestern Ecuador, with 6,199 inhabitants in the last Ecuadorian census on November 24, 2001. It is the seat of the namesake canton....
Quinindé Quinindé Canton Quinindé Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of Rosa Zárate. Its population at the 2001 census was 88,337....	88,337	3,855	Rosa Zárate Rosa Zárate Quinindé, also known as Rosa Zárate, is a town in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador....  (a.k.a. Quinindé)
Río Verde Río Verde Canton Río Verde Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of Rioverde. Its population at the 2001 census was 22,164....	22,164	1,506	Rioverde
San Lorenzo San Lorenzo Canton San Lorenzo Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of San Lorenzo. Its population at the 2001 census was 28,180...	28,180	3,106	San Lorenzo San Lorenzo, Ecuador San Lorenzo is a port town on the north coast of Ecuador, about 18km south of the Colombian border....

Parroquia (City)

The cantons are divided into many parroquia's:

In Muisne

Muisne Canton

Muisne Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of Muisne. Its population at the 2001 census was 25,080....

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1. Bellavista
2. Daule
3. Maldonado
4. Muisne
   Muisne
   Muisne is a coastal town in the southwest of the province of Esmeraldas in northwestern Ecuador, with 6,199 inhabitants in the last Ecuadorian census on November 24, 2001. It is the seat of the namesake canton....
   
   
5. Pedro Carlo
6. Tola
7. Union of Daule