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Salinas is a coastal city located in the Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. It is the seat of the canton that bears its name. The westernmost city on mainland Ecuador, Salinas is an important tourist center. Salinas, Ecuador's largest coastal resort, offers one of the country's best real estate investment markets and most popular and most ...
The beach is known for having hosted national and international surfing competitions numerous times. The beach was the venue for the ISA World Junior Surfing Games Ecuador in 2009. Other common recreational activities in the beach include whale watching, parasailing and birdwatching.
Salinas Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Santa Elena Province. Its capital is the town of Salinas. Its population at the 2001 census was 49,572. The actual governor of this city is Paul Borbor Mite who was elected by a democratic process in 2008. [2]
The city is considered the most important, popular and visited resort of Ecuador, [citation needed] for its beaches, upscale hotels, clubs, bars, discos and sports centers for the tourist. [citation needed] Among the tourist attractions in Salinas are:
Salinas de Guaranda, an Andean mountain village in Ecuador; Salinas, Ecuador, a coastal city in Santa Elena, Ecuador; Salinas Victoria, a municipality in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico; Salinas de Hidalgo, in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí; Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve, Peru Salinas Lake, a salt lake in Arequipa Province, Peru
The Province of Santa Elena (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsanta eˈlena]) is a province of Ecuador in the coastal region. Created in 2007 from territory that belonged to the Guayas Province, it is one of the two newest provinces of Ecuador, along with Santo Domingo de Los Tsáchilas.
General Ulpiano Paez Airport (IATA: SNC, ICAO: SESA) is a public/military joint-use airport serving the coastal city of Salinas, in the Santa Elena Province of Ecuador. The city and airport are on a peninsula extending into the Pacific Ocean. The Salinas non-directional beacon (Ident: SLS) and VOR-DME (Ident: SAV) are located on the field. [4] [5]
Ecuador accepted the convention on 16 June 1975, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] Ecuador has five sites on the list and a further five on the tentative list. The first two sites listed in Ecuador were the Galápagos Islands and the city of Quito , in 1978, which were also the first two sites inscribed to the ...