The planning zones of Ecuador are administrative organization entities made up of joint provinces or metropolitan districts in order to decentralize administrative activities of the Ecuadorian State.^[1] The main agency in charge of zone planning is Senplades.

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There are nine planning zones in Ecuador:^[2]

1. Ecuador Planning Zone 1 : Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Carchi, Sucumbíos
2. Ecuador Planning Zone 2 : Pichincha, Napo, Orellana
3. Ecuador Planning Zone 3 : Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Chimborazo, Pastaza
4. Ecuador Planning Zone 4 : Manabí, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
5. Ecuador Planning Zone 5 : Santa Elena, Guayas, Bolívar, Los Ríos, Galápagos
6. Ecuador Planning Zone 6 : Cañar, Azuay, Morona Santiago
7. Ecuador Planning Zone 7 : El Oro, Loja, Zamora Chinchipe
8. Ecuador Planning Zone 8: Guayaquil, Samborondón, Durán
9. Ecuador Planning Zone 9: Distrito Metropolitano de Quito