Ecuador Department
Capital	Quito
History
• Established	25 June 1822
Preceded by Succeeded by Gran Colombia Ecuador
Today part of	Ecuador  Peru (parts of it)

Ecuador Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia created in 1824.

It had borders to:

• Azuay Department in the South.
• Guayaquil Department in the West.

3 provincias and 15 cantones:

• Pichincha Province. Capital: Quito. Cantones: Quito, Machachi, Latacunga, Quijos y Esmeraldas.
• Imbabura Province. Capital: Ibarra. Cantones: Ibarra, Otavalo, Cotacachi y Cayambe.
• Chimborazo Province. Capital: Riobamba. Cantones: Riobamba, Ambato, Guano, Guaranda, Alausí y Macas.

0°13′S 78°31′W / 0.217°S 78.517°W / -0.217; -78.517