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After several location changes and fires, the city was founded in 1547, and named the "Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil" ("Very noble and very loyal city of Santiago de Guayaquil"). After the city's independence in 1820, the words "very noble and very loyal" disappeared from use, as the city was no longer part of the Spanish ...
No. City Province 2010 Census 2001 Census 1990 Census 1 Guayaquil: Guayas: 2,278,691: 1,985,379: 1,508,444 2 Quito: Pichincha: 1,607,734: 1,399,378: 1,100,847 3 Cuenca
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Map key Province Capital Largest City [1] Population (2022 census) [2] Area (km 2) Established 1 Azuay Cuenca: 801,609 8,189 1824 2 Bolívar Guaranda: 199,078 4,148 1884 3
Malecón 2000, next to Guayas river. Malecón 2000 is the name given to the boardwalk overlooking the Guayas River in the Ecuadorian port city of Guayaquil.An urban renewal project focusing on the old Simón Bolívar boardwalk, it stands along the west shore of the river for an approximate length of 2.5 km. (1.5 mi.)
Cannons and forts remain around the Santa Ana Hill. The ascent to the renovated tourist center begins at the Diego Noboa central staircase that traverses the brilliantly colored facades of the houses. After 456 steps that lead by cafes, restaurants, art galleries and tiny plazas, the overview of the city appears.
Mapasingue was an hacienda in the 19th century. In November 1859, during the first Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, a Peruvian army contingent occupied its lands as a result of an agreement between Peruvian President Ramon Castilla and Supreme Chief of Guayas Guillermo Franco.
A satellite map of chlorophyll and phytoplankton concentration (top) paired with a map of oceanic surface temperatures at the same time (bottom). The thriving populations represented by green and yellow in the upper map correlate to areas of higher surface temperatures represented by yellow in the lower map (2 March 2009) .