Guayas Province

Guayas () is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean. With over 3 million people, it has more people than any other province in Ecuador. The largest city of Ecuador, Guayaquil, is within the province.

 Political divisions
The province is divided into 25 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

 Canton  Pop. (2001)  Area (km²)  Seat/Capital Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Jujan) 19,982 216  Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (a.k.a. Jujan) Balao 17,262 465  Balao Balzar (San Jacinto de Balzar) 48,470 1,173  Balzar Colimes 21,049 758  Colimes Coronel Marcelino Maridueña 11,054 255  Coronel Marcelino Maridueña Daule 85,148 462  Daule Durán 178,714 339  Durán El Empalme 64,789 711  El Empalme (a.k.a. Velasco Ibarra) El Triunfo 34,117 389  El Triunfo General Antonio Elizalde (Bucay) 8,696 152  General Antonio Elizalde (a.k.a. Bucay) Guayaquil 2,039,789 5,237  Guayaquil Isidro Ayora 8,226 492  Isidro Ayora Lomas de Sargentillo 14,194 67  Lomas de Sargentillo Milagro 140,103 401  Milagro Naranjal 53,482 2,015  Naranjal Naranjito 31,756 226  Naranjito Nobol 14,753 128  Nobol (a.k.a. Narcisa de Jesús) Palestina 14,067 194  Palestina Pedro Carbo 36,711 927  Pedro Carbo Playas (General Villamil Playas) 30,045 269  Playas (a.k.a. General Villamil Playas) Salitre (was Urbina Jado) 50,379 390  El Salitre Samborondón 45,476 388  Samborondón Santa Lucía 33,868 348  Santa Lucía Simón Bolívar 20,385 289  Simón Bolívar Yaguachi 47,630 512  Yaguachi (San Jacinto de Yaguachi)

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