Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (Spanish: provincias), each with its own administrative capital:
Reference 1: Surface (km²), Population (2010)[31] and Capital.
Reference 2: Azuay, Bolivar, Cañar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galápagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Sucumbíos, Tungurahua and Zamora-Chinchipe.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador
Reference 2: Azuay, Bolivar, Cañar, Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Galápagos, Guayas, Imbabura, Loja, Los Ríos, Manabí, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Pichincha, Santa Elena, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Sucumbíos, Tungurahua and Zamora-Chinchipe.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador
