Esmeraldas is a province in northwestern
EcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America that...
. The capital is
EsmeraldasEsmeraldas 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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Esmeraldas is a province in northwestern
EcuadorEcuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America that...
. The capital is
EsmeraldasEsmeraldas 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 divided into 8 cantons:
Canton (Capital)
- Atacames Canton (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 habitants. Atacames has one of the...
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- Eloy Alfaro Canton (Valdez
Valdez is a town in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador....
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- Esmeraldas Canton (Esmeraldas
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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- Muisne Canton (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....
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- Quinindé Canton (Rosa Zárate
Quinindé, also known as Rosa Zárate, is a town in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador....
or Quinindé)
- Río Verde Canton (Rioverde)
- San Lorenzo Canton (San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo is a port town on the north coast of Ecuador, about 18km south of the Colombian border....
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- La Concordia Canton (La Concordia)
The cantons are divided into many parroquia's:
Parroquia (City)
In Muisne (
MuisneMuisne 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....
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- Pedro Carlo
- Union of Daule
- Tola
- Maldonado
- Bellavista
- Daule
The province is home to the
Afro-Ecuadorian cultureAn 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 8% of Ecuador's population....
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