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Ecuador

Guide to Ecuador ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Ecuador is a country in South America bordered by Colombia and Peru. It was formerly a colony of Spain. The official language is Spanish.

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Ecuador.

Provinces

Province and Article Link	Capital	Population*	Area (km²)
Azuay	Cuenca	712,127	8,309.58
Bolívar	Guaranda	183,641	3,945.38
Cañar	Azogues	225,184	3,146.08
Carchi	Tulcán	164,524	3,780.45
Chimborazo	Riobamba	458,581	6,499.72
Cotopaxi	Latacunga	409,205	6,108.23
El Oro	Machala	600,659	5,766.68
Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas	534,092	16,132.23
Galápagos	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno	25,124	8,010.00
Guayas	Guayaquil	3,645,483	15,430.40
Imbabura	Ibarra	398,244	4,587.51
Loja	Loja	448,966	11,062.73
Los Ríos	Babahoyo	778,115	7,205.27
Manabí	Portoviejo	1,369,780	18,939.60
Morona Santiago	Macas	147,940	24,059.40
Napo	Tena	103,697	12,542.50
Orellana	Puerto Francisco de Orellana	136,396	21,692.10
Pastaza	Puyo	83,933	29,641.37
Pichincha	Quito	2,576,287	9,535.91
Santa Elena	Santa Elena	308,693	3,690.17
Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	368,013	3,446.65
Sucumbíos	Nueva Loja	176,472	18,084.42
Tungurahua	Ambato	504,583	3,386.25
Zamora-Chinchipe	Zamora	91,376	10,584.26

*Population as per the census carried out on 2011-11-28