Ecuador Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Largest cities === {{See also|List of cities in Ecuador}} The five largest cities in the country are [[Quito]] (2.78 million inhabitants), [[Guayaquil]] (2.72 million inhabitants), [[Cuenca, Ecuador|Cuenca]] (636,996 inhabitants), [[Santo Domingo (Ecuador)|Santo Domingo]] (458,580 inhabitants), and [[Ambato, Ecuador|Ambato]] (387,309 inhabitants). The most populated metropolitan areas of the country are those of Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Manabí Centro ([[Portoviejo]]-[[Manta, Ecuador|Manta]]) and Ambato.<ref name="Proyecciones Poblacionales">{{cite web|url=https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/proyecciones-poblacionales/|title=Proyecciones Poblacionales|access-date=25 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018060046/https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/proyecciones-poblacionales/|archive-date=18 October 2013|publisher=National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC)|url-status=dead|version=(in Spanish)}}</ref> {{Largest cities | country = Ecuador | stat_ref = According to the 2020 population projections<ref name="auto"/> | div_name = Province | city_1 = Quito | div_1 = Pichincha Province{{!}}Pichincha | pop_1 = 2,781,641|img_1 = QUITO 4 (32410475340).jpg | city_2 = Guayaquil | div_2 = Guayas Province{{!}}Guayas | pop_2 = 2,723,665|img_2 = Guayaquilaéreo.jpg | city_3 = Cuenca, Ecuador{{!}}Cuenca | div_3 = Azuay Province{{!}}Azuay | pop_3 = 636,996|img_3 = Cuenca (Ecuador) from Turi.jpg | city_4 = Santo Domingo, Ecuador{{!}}Santo Domingo | div_4 = Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province{{!}}Santo Domingo | pop_4 = 458,580|img_4 = Santo Domingo, Ecuador.jpg | city_5 = Ambato, Ecuador{{!}}Ambato | div_5 = Tungurahua Province{{!}}Tungurahua | pop_5 = 387,309 | city_6 = Portoviejo | div_6 = Manabí Province{{!}}Manabí | pop_6 = 321,800 | city_7 = Durán, Ecuador{{!}}Durán | div_7 = Guayas Province{{!}}Guayas | pop_7 = 315,724 | city_8 = Machala{{!}}Machala | div_8 = El Oro Province{{!}}El Oro | pop_8 = 289,141 | city_9 = Loja, Ecuador{{!}}Loja | div_9 = Loja Province{{!}}Loja | pop_9 = 274,112 | city_10 = Manta, Ecuador{{!}}Manta | div_10 = Manabí Province{{!}}Manabí | pop_10 = 264,281 | city_11 = Riobamba | div_11 = Chimborazo Province{{!}}Chimborazo | pop_11 = 264,048 | city_12 = Ibarra, Ecuador{{!}}Ibarra | div_12 = Imbabura Province{{!}}Imbabura | pop_12 = 221,149 | city_13 = Esmeraldas, Ecuador{{!}}Esmeraldas | div_13 = Esmeraldas Province{{!}}Esmeraldas | pop_13 = 218,727 | city_14 = Quevedo, Ecuador{{!}}Quevedo | div_14 = Los Ríos Province{{!}}Los Ríos | pop_14 = 213,842 | city_15 = Latacunga | div_15 = Cotopaxi Province{{!}}Cotopaxi | pop_15 = 205,624 | city_16 = Milagro, Ecuador{{!}}Milagro | div_16 = Guayas Province{{!}}Guayas | pop_16 = 199,835 | city_17 = Santa Elena, Ecuador{{!}}Santa Elena | div_17 = Santa Elena Province{{!}}Santa Elena | pop_17 = 188,821 | city_18 = Babahoyo | div_18 = Los Ríos Province{{!}}Los Ríos | pop_18 = 175,281 | city_19 = Daule, Guayas{{!}}Daule | div_19 = Guayas Province{{!}}Guayas | pop_19 = 173,684 | city_20 = Quinindé | div_20 = Esmeraldas Province{{!}}Esmeraldas | pop_20 = 145,879 }} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page