---
id: "ec_ci"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["EC"]
langs: ["es"]
quality: 93
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/ec_ci"
---

# Ecuadorian identity card number (cédula) (`ec_ci`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Cédula de identidad, the 10-digit number that identifies citizens of Ecuador. The first two digits are a province code and the last digit is a check digit.

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: Ecuador (EC)
- Languages: Spanish (es)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{9}-?\d$
```

## Examples

- `1421301860` — Synthetic number with a valid check digit
- `2451810663` — Synthetic number with a valid check digit
- `14213018607` (invalid example) — One character too many

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:OfficialID`
- stdnum: `ec.ci`

## Supported by tools

- `dataprep`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Translations

- es: Cédula de identidad

## Sources

- other: <https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.ec.ci.html>
- other: <https://docs.dataprep.ai/user_guide/clean/clean_ec_ci.html>

## Quality

Score 93/100. Missing: authoritative source link.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/ec_ci.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/EC/persons/ec_ci.yaml>