DISTRIBUTION OF EVANGELICAL CHURCHES IN ECUADOR

Name of Province	Abrev	Capital	Area km2	1982 Census	# Churches
Azuay	AZU	Cuenca	7,995	443,044	27
Bolivar	BOL	Guaranda	3,926	141,566	36
Canar	CAN	Azogues	3,142	174,674	31
Carchi	CAR	Tulcan	3,75	125,452	8
Chimborazo	CHI	Riobamba	6,47	320,268	251
Cotopaxi	COT	Latacunga	5,985	279,765	33
El Oro	EOR	Machala	5,817	337,818	23
Esmeraldas	ESM	Esmeraldas	15,896	247,311	29
Galapagos	GAL	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno	8,01	6,119	1
Guayas	GUA	Guayaquil	20,566	2,047,001	390
Imbabura	IMB	Ibarra	4,615	245,745	29
Loja	LOJ	Loja	10,995	358,952	9
Los Rios	LRI	Babahoyo	7,151	457,065	57
Manabi	MAN	Portoviejo	18,894	858,781	42
Morona-Santiago	MSA	Macas	23,797	70,217	34
Napo	NAP	Tena	12,484	115,111	45
Pastaza	PAS	Puyo	29,325	31,779	30
Pichincha	PIC	Quito	13,27	1,376,831	167
Tungurahua	TUN	Ambato	3,369	324,286	48
Zamora-Chinchipe	ZCH	Zamora	10,456	46,691	7
Ecuador	ECU	Quito	256,37	8,072,702	1,297
COUNTRY TOTALS	20	Provinces	See Note #1		1,316

NOTE #1: The 1985 Directory of Evangelical Churches reported a total of 1,316 local churches, but only 1,297 are located geographically by province.

SOURCE: Directorio de la Iglesia Evangelica del Ecuador (Quito, Ecuador: Comite Interdenominacional Pro-Directorio, septiembre de 1985).