List of cities in Ecuador
This is a list of cities in Ecuador .
The two largest agglomerations in Ecuador by far are Guayaquil with a population of 3,295,143 and the capital Quito with a population of 1,941,506 (as of January 1, 2005). This means that 43 percent of the country's people are concentrated in both regions.
The following table lists the cities with a population of more than 30,000, the results of the census of November 28, 1982, November 25, 1990 and November 25, 2001 and November 28, 2010, and the province to which the city belongs . The population figures refer to the respective urban settlement in the narrower sense - the geographical urban area - not to the city or municipality in the political sense.
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rank | city | Residents | province | |||
1982 census | 1990 census | 2001 census | 2010 census | |||
1. | Guayaquil | 1,199,344 | 1,508,444 | 1,985,379 | 2,278,691 |
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2. | Quito | 866.472 | 1,100,847 | 1,399,378 | 1,607,734 |
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3. | Cuenca | 152.406 | 194.981 | 277.374 | 329,928 |
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4th | Santo Domingo | 69,235 | 114,422 | 199,827 | 270,875 |
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5. | Machala | 105,521 | 144.197 | 204,578 | 231.260 |
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6th | Duran | 51.023 | 82,359 | 174,531 | 230,839 |
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7th | manta | 100,338 | 125.505 | 183.105 | 217,553 |
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8th. | Portoviejo | 102,628 | 132.937 | 171,847 | 206,682 |
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9. | Loja | 71,652 | 94,305 | 118,532 | 170.280 |
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10. | Ambato | 100,454 | 124.166 | 154.095 | 165.185 |
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11. | Esmeraldas | 90,360 | 98,558 | 95.124 | 154.035 |
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12. | Quevedo | 67.023 | 86,910 | 120,379 | 150,827 |
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13. | Riobamba | 75,455 | 94.505 | 124,807 | 146.324 |
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14th | Milagro | 77.010 | 93,637 | 113,440 | 133.508 |
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15th | Ibarra | 53,428 | 80.991 | 108,535 | 131,856 |
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16. | La Libertad | 41,955 | 53,108 | 77,646 | 95,942 |
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17th | Babahoyo | 42,266 | 50,285 | 76,869 | 90.191 |
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18th | Sangolquí | 15.004 | 35,386 | 56,794 | 75,080 |
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19th | Daule | 18,923 | 24,399 | 31,763 | 65,145 |
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20th | Latacunga | 28,764 | 39,882 | 51,689 | 63,842 |
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21st | Tulcán | 30,985 | 37,069 | 47,359 | 53,558 |
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22nd | Chone | 33,839 | 41,437 | 45,526 | 52,810 |
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23. | Pasaje | 26,224 | 32,947 | 45,526 | 52,673 |
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24. | Santa Rosa | 26,716 | 32,648 | 42,593 | 48,929 |
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25th | Nueva Loja | 7,237 | 13,165 | 34.106 | 48,562 |
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26th | Huaquillas | 20,117 | 27,368 | 40.183 | 47,706 |
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27. | El Carmen | 11,928 | 22,870 | 33,382 | 46,358 |
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28. | Montecristi | 8,129 | 9,642 | 14,636 | 46,312 |
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29 | Samborondón | 7.135 | 9,248 | 11,030 | 42,637 |
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30th | Puerto Francisco de Orellana | k. A. | 7,805 | 18,298 | 40,730 |
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31. | Jipijapa | 27,146 | 32,225 | 36,078 | 40,232 |
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32. | Santa Elena | 12,859 | 17,459 | 27,351 | 39,681 |
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33. | Otavalo | 17,461 | 21,548 | 30,965 | 39,354 |
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34. | Cayambe | 14,249 | 16,849 | 30,473 | 39,028 |
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35. | Buena Fé | k. A. | 19,300 | 27,516 | 38,263 |
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36. | Ventanas | 15,869 | 23,217 | 32,425 | 38.168 |
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37. | Velasco Ibarra | 17,017 | 24,112 | 29,265 | 35,686 |
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38. | La Troncal | k. A. | 19,654 | 27,847 | 35,259 |
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39. | El Triunfo | k. A. | 16,399 | 24,701 | 34,863 |
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40. | Salinas | 17,748 | 19,298 | 28,650 | 34,719 |
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41. | Playas | k. A. | 16,590 | 24,070 | 34,409 |
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42. | Azogues | 14,548 | 21,060 | 27,866 | 33,848 |
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43. | Puyo | 9,758 | 14,438 | 24,432 | 33,557 |
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44. | Vinces | 14,608 | 17,512 | 24,128 | 30,248 |
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