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Esmeraldas is the major seaport of northwestern Ecuador, and it lies on the Pacific coast at the mouth of the Esmeraldas River. It is the antipodes of Padang, Indonesia . The city is the principal trading hub for the region's agricultural and lumber resources, and is the terminus of the 313-mile (504-km) Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline from the oil ...
Ecuador is the fifth largest oil producer in the Latin American region. Petroecuador owns three petroleum refineries in Ecuador: Esmeraldas Refinery, 110,000 barrels per day (17,000 m 3 /d) (began 1978) La Libertad Refinery, 45,000 barrels per day (7,200 m 3 /d) Shushufindi Refinery, 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m 3 /d)
Esmeraldas is one of the three provinces of Ecuador that borders Colombia, and it is the most northern province in the country. The province borders Imbabura and Carchi to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, Manabí , Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and Pichincha to the south, and Colombia to the north.
Regionalization, or zoning, is the union of two or more adjoining provinces in order to decentralize the administrative functions of the capital, Quito. In Ecuador, there are seven regions, or zones, each shaped by the following provinces: Region 1 (42,126 km 2, or 16,265 mi 2): Esmeraldas, Carchi, Imbabura, and Sucumbíos.
Hoy, a daily publication in Ecuador, was published physically from June 7, 1982, until August 26, 2014, and from then onwards digitally. [1] Its editorial office is located in Quito, and it is currently published simultaneously in Guayaquil in electronic format. It was created by Jaime Mantilla Anderson, according to whom it was the first ...
He worked at the Esmeraldas Refinery for Petroecuador in a number of managerial roles. He was a leading light in the Esmeraldas Petrolero Sports Club . He taught at the Luis Vargas Torres Technical University , where he rose to become dean of the engineering faculty.
Energy policy in Ecuador is driven by its need for energy security as a developing country as well as its conservation efforts. [1] Despite past and ongoing attempts to take charge in energy sustainability (as with the now defunct Yasuni-ITT initiative), oil production and exportation still supports its small $5,853 GDP/capita economy at an average of 549,000 barrels/day in 2016. [2]
Quinindé Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Esmeraldas Province. Its capital is the town of Quinindé. Its population at the 2001 census was 88,337. [2] It is located in the Costa Region. Its cantonal head is the city of Rosa Zárate, a place where a large part of its total population is grouped.