Cañar Province


Cañar is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari.

Cantons

The province is divided into 7 cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the time of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres, and the name of the canton seat or capital.
CantonPop. Area Seat/Capital
Azogues85,030613Azogues
Biblián23,590227Biblián
Cañar68,1901,804Cañar
Déleg6,76078Déleg
El Tambo12,20065El Tambo
Suscal6,39031Suscal
La Troncal74,680328La Troncal