| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
ECU
|
| Continent |
South America
|
| Country Name |
Ecuador
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
3
|
| Leve1 Type |
Provincias
|
Level2 Type
|
Canton
|
| Level3 Type |
Parroquia
|
| Number of Units |
931
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
13
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
9,699
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
10,737
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
11,906
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
10,264
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
11,460
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
12,646
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
246,700
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
16
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
55
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,915,560
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
9,991
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
118,624
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
40
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
1,692
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
15
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
250
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
9,998
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
2,082,085
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
8,037
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
191,095
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
7,643,798
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
4%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
65%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
63%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
40
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: (1) Instituto Nacional de Estad¡stica y Censos, INEC 1990 and (2) Instituto Nacional de Estad¡stica y Censos, INEC 2001 |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: "Instituto Nacional de Estad¡stica y Censos. Divis¢n Pol¡tico Administrativa de la Rep£blica del Ecuador. 1993. Planchas y escalas, Provincia de: Sucumbios 1:250000, Napo 1:250000, Pastaza 1:250000, Morona Santiago 1:250000, Zamora Chinchipe 1:250000, Esmeraldas 1:250000, Manabi 1:250000, Los R¡os 1:250000, Guayas 1:250000, Prov. El Oro 1:250000, Gal pagos 1:500000, Carchi 1:250000, Imbabura 1:250000, Pichincha 1:250000, Cotopaxi 1:250000, Tungurahua 1:250000, Bol¡var 1:250000, Chimborazo 1:250000, Canar 1:250000, Azuay 1:250000, Loja 1:250000. " |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: CELADE, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division of Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; Censo de Poblacion y de Vivienda 1990 de Ecuador, www.citypopulation.de;City Population, www.citypopulation.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Capitals of provinces and cantons. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: (1) Several parroquias listed in the population data were not in the boundary data. For some of these units, point coordinates were found, and their populations added to the spatial unit in which they fall. For other Parroquias where no point coordinates are found, populations were allocated proportionally among all Parroquias within the appropriate Cantones. (2) The following Cantones do not have population available at the Parroquia, thus the Parroquia polygons were merged at the Cantones level: Arenillas in El Oro; Patate in Tungurahua; and Galapagos Islands (3) Provincia level growth rate between census years 1990 and 2001 used to project to target years. When necessary, a 5% growth rate cap was applied to selected units. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
