Cañar Province
Cañar | |
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Province | |
| Province of Cañar | |
Cañar Province in Ecuador | |
Cantons of Cañar Province | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Established | November 4, 1880 |
| Recognized | April 25, 1884 |
| Named after | Cañari |
| Capital | Azogues |
| Largest city | La Troncal |
| Cantons | List of cantons
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| Government | |
| • Prefect | Marcelo Jaramillo (RC) |
| • Vice Prefect | Ximena Andrade |
| • Governor | René Patricio Sarmiento |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,647 km2 (1,408 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
• Total | 227,578 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | ECT |
| Vehicle registration | U |
| HDI (2017) | 0.727 high · 12th |
| Website | www |
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Cañar (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈɲaɾ]) 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.