Ecuador Administrative Divisions / Ecuador

Overview

Item	Details
Province	24
Canton	221
Parish	1,042
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-06-28
Website	openadmindata.org/ec
API	openadmindata.org/api/ec

Browse by Province

#	Province	Cantons	Parishs	Link
1	Azuay	15	76	Browse
2	Bolívar (Bolivar)	7	26	Browse
3	Cañar (Canar)	7	33	Browse
4	Carchi	6	32	Browse
5	Cotopaxi	7	40	Browse
6	Chimborazo	10	55	Browse
7	El Oro	14	64	Browse
8	Esmeraldas	7	64	Browse
9	Guayas	25	54	Browse
10	Imbabura	6	42	Browse
11	Loja	16	94	Browse
12	Los Ríos (Los Rios)	13	30	Browse
13	Manabí (Manabi)	22	77	Browse
14	Morona Santiago	12	58	Browse
15	Napo	5	25	Browse
16	Pastaza	4	21	Browse
17	Pichincha	8	61	Browse
18	Tungurahua	9	53	Browse
19	Zamora Chinchipe	9	38	Browse
20	Galápagos (Galapagos)	3	8	Browse
21	Sucumbíos (Sucumbios)	7	36	Browse
22	Orellana	4	32	Browse
23	Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas)	2	12	Browse
24	Santa Elena	3	11	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-province.json	JSON	All 24 province records
all-canton.json	JSON	All 221 canton records
all-parish.json	JSON	All 1,042 parish records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-2 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-province.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['canton']} cantons")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-province.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} provinces`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=province, 2=canton, 3=parish
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{province-slug}/
divisions/{province-slug}/{canton-slug}/

Parishs are listed inline in each canton's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-province links
• Per-province data — Full data by province

Citation

Ecuador Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/ecuador-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country