Ecuador Department
| Ecuador Department | |||||||||
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| Capital | Quito | ||||||||
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• Established | 25 June 1822 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Ecuador Peru (parts of it) | ||||||||
Ecuador Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia created in 1824.
It had borders to:
- Azuay Department in the South.
- Guayaquil Department in the West.
Subdivisions
[edit]3 provincias and 15 cantones:
- Pichincha Province. Capital: Quito. Cantones: Quito, Machachi, Latacunga, Quijos y Esmeraldas.
- Imbabura Province. Capital: Ibarra. Cantones: Ibarra, Otavalo, Cotacachi y Cayambe.
- Chimborazo Province. Capital: Riobamba. Cantones: Riobamba, Ambato, Guano, Guaranda, Alausí y Macas.