Cañar Province

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.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:

Mestizo 76.7%
Indigenous 15.2%
White 4.3%
Afro-Ecuadorian 2.6%
Montubio 1.1%
Other 0.2%

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 (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.