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Offices to Contact

Records of births, marriages and deaths are at the civil registration office in each municipality.

Copies are in Quito at the:

Direccion Genereal del Registro Civil, Edificio San Agustin, Mejia y Guayaquil
Address: Av. Amazonas N37-61 y Naciones Unidas (Av. Amazonas N37-61 and United Nations)
Postal Code: 170507 / Quito - Ecuador
Telephone: +593 2 3731 110
Telephone: (593)(2)381 42 90
Website

Provincial Office	Phone Number	Provincial Office	Phone Number
Azuay	072-844-611	Los Rios	052-731-220
Bolivar	032-980-292	Manabi	052-394-960
Cañar	072-244-450	Morona Santiago	072-700-173
Carchi	062-982-662	Napo	062-886-325
Cotopaxi	032-805-692	Orellana	062-882-170
Chimborazo	032-966-989	Pastaza	032-884-734
El Oro	072-931-068	Pichincha	022-675-902
Esmeraldas	062-724-525	Santa Elena	043-802-300 ext. 1041
Galapagos	052-520-312	Santo Domingo	022-743-041
Guayas	043-802-300 ext. 3200	Sucumbios	062-832-804
Imbabura	062-955-335	Tungurahua	032-520-648
Loja	072-571-364	Zamora Chinchipe	072-505-183

Historical Background

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1900.

Services provided by the Civil Registry to Ecuadorians:

• Birth registration
• Death registration
• Marriage registration
• Acknowledgments of father or mother to the child
• Certificates of birth, marriage, and death
• Annulments
• Registry of judicial sentences (divorces, dissolution of the conjugal union), etc.
• Identity cards for Ecuadorians and strangers
• Burial Certificates
• Name changes

Coverage and Compliance

For children under 5 years of age, about 16% of children of African descent have not been registered. The national average is 9.9%.

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth records:

• Name of the civil parish
• City, canton and province
• Date of registration
• Child's name
• Address where the birth occurred
• Date of birth
• Information about parents includes:
  -names
  -ages
  -marriage status
  -nationality
  -residence
  -father's occupation and sometimes mother's occupation
• Names of witnesses with ages and residences

Note: In Quito between 1935-1965, separate books were kept for child recognitions, legitimations, and adoptions. In other areas and in Quito between 1901-1934 and 1966 to the present, annotations were made in the margins of the birth registers for the procedures already noted.

Marriage records:

• Name of the civil parish
• City, canton, and province of marriage
• Date
• Information of bride and groom includes:
  -Age
  -Previous marriage status
  -Origen
  -Nationality
  -Residence
  -Profession
  
• Names of parents
  -Their marriage status
  -Nationality
  -Residence

Note: In Quito between 1935-1965, separate books were kept for divorces. In other areas and in Quito between 1901-1934 and 1966 to the present, annotations were made in the margins of the marriage registers for the procedures already noted.

Death records:

• Name of civil parish
• City, canton, and province where death occurred
• Date of registration
• Name of deceased
• Place of death
• Date
• Age
• Cause of death
• Nationality
• Profession
• Names of parents or spouse
  -Age
  -Marriage status
  -Occupation of father

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