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'''Santa Elena Province in numbers''' compares the province's three cantons using the 2022 census and the cantonal development plans (PDOTs).<br />
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! !! Santa Elena !! La Libertad !! Salinas !! Province<br />
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| Population (2022) || 186,687 || 112,247 || 86,801 || 385,735<br />
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| Population (2010) || 144,076 || 95,942 || 68,675 || 308,693<br />
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| Area || 3,669 km² || about 25 km² || 68–78 km² || about 3,690 km²<br />
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| People per km² || about 51 || about 4,490 || about 1,280 || about 105<br />
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| Urban share || 29% || 100% || 40% || —<br />
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| Parishes || Urban: Santa Elena, Ballenita. Rural: Atahualpa, Chanduy, Colonche, Manglaralto, San José de Ancón, Simón Bolívar || One urban parish || Urban: four in the cabecera. Rural: José Luis Tamayo, Anconcito || 3 cantons, 8 rural parishes<br />
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| Mayor 2023–2027 || María del Carmen Aquino Merchán || Francisco Tamariz Guerrero || Dennis Córdova || —<br />
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| Homes with electricity (2022) || 93.8% || 97.6% || 97% || —<br />
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| Homes on the sewer (2022) || 32% || about 70% (2015) || 73% || —<br />
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| Fixed internet at home (2022) || — || 55% || 52% || —<br />
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== Highlights ==<br />
* '''Santa Elena''' covers 97% of the province's land and has almost half its people — most of them in rural parishes and the comunas of the [[Portal:Ruta del Spondylus|Ruta del Spondylus]].<br />
* '''La Libertad''' is the densest canton in Ecuador and the peninsula's commercial centre.<br />
* '''Salinas''' is the beach resort, with Ecuador's second fishing town (Santa Rosa) and a fast-growing rural parish, José Luis Tamayo (Muey), which grew 69% between 2010 and 2022.<br />
* On holiday weekends the peninsula receives an estimated 100,000–500,000 extra visitors.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Santa Elena (City)]] · [[La Libertad]] · [[Salinas]]<br />
* [[How the Peninsula Works]]<br />
* [[Government Entities]]<br />
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''Sources: INEC censuses 2010 and 2022; PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027; PDOT La Libertad 2024–2030; PDOT Salinas 2023–2027; PDOT Provincia de Santa Elena 2015–2019 and 2019–2023.''<br />
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