File:Panoramic_view_of_Zaruma_(1).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Established
- April 23, 1884
- Capital
- Machala
- Prefect
- Clemente Bravo (SUR)
- Vice prefect
- Karina Torres
- Governor
- Jimmy Blacio Ochoa
- Total
- 5,873 km (2,268 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 3,590 m (11,780 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 121.7/km (315.1/sq mi)
- Population 2001
- 539,888
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( ECT )
- Postal code
- EC07xxxx
- Area code
- 07
- Vehicle registration
- O
- Hdi 2017
- 0.755 , high · 6th
- Website
- www .eloro .gob .ec
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Ecuador
- Official name
- Provincia de El Oro
- Demonym
- orense
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Ecuador
- Contains
- Zaruma Canton
- Capital
- Machala
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 89306
- Area
- 5870.02
- Elevation
- 272
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Shares border with
- Tumbes Department
- Official website
- www.eloro.gob.ec
- Dialing code
- 07
- Licence plate code
- O
Show 6 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:El Oro Province
- Commons category
- El Oro Province
- inception
- 1884-04-23
- office held by head of government
- prefect
- postal code
- EC07
- category of associated people
- Category:People from El Oro Province
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Iglesia Parque Apartadero El Oro ( Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈoɾo] ; oro = gold) is the southernmost of Ecuador's coastal provinces. It was named for its historically important gold production. Today it is one of the world's major exporters of bananas. The capital is Machala.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “El Oro Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.