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Key facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Capital
- Latacunga
- Cantons
- List of Cantons La Maná Latacunga Pangua Pujilí Salcedo Saquisilí Sigchos
- Prefect
- Lourdes Tibán ( MUPP )
- Vice prefect
- Alejandro Plazarte
- Governor
- Nelson Sánchez
- Total
- 6,185 km (2,388 sq mi)
- Density
- 76.02/km (196.9/sq mi)
- Vehicle registration
- X
- Hdi 2017
- 0.722 , high · 15th
- Website
- www .cotopaxi .gov .ec
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Ecuador
- Official name
- Provincia de Cotopaxi
- Demonym
- cotopaxense
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Ecuador
- Contains
- Sigchos Canton
- Capital
- Latacunga
- Official language
- Northern Quichua
- Population
- 165602
- Area
- 6187.71
- Elevation
- 3984
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Head of government
- Lourdes Tibán
- Shares border with
- Tungurahua Province
- Official website
- www.cotopaxi.gob.ec
- Dialing code
- 03
- Licence plate code
- X
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- Commons category
- Cotopaxi Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Cotopaxi Province
- inception
- 1851-04-01
- office held by head of government
- prefect
- native label
- Cotopaxi
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cotopaxi Province
- postal code
- EC05
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Encyclopedic overview
Cotopaxi ( Spanish pronunciation: [kotoˈpaɣsi]) is one of the provinces of Ecuador. The capital is Latacunga. The province contains the Cotopaxi volcano, an intermittent volcano with a height of 19,347 feet (5,897 m).
Cantons
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cotopaxi Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.