Everything about Guayas Province totally explained
Guayas is the most populated
province in
Ecuador. It was named for the
Guayas River, which flows through the province. Its
capital is
Guayaquil, the largest
city in Ecuador and its main
port. It is the
fourth largest province in the country, with an area of 20,902
km².
Geography
Guayas is bounded on the northwest and west by
Manabí, on the northeast and east by
Los Ríos and
Bolívar, on the south by
El Oro, on the west and southwest by the
Pacific Ocean or
Gulf of Guayaquil, and on the east by
Chimborazo,
Cañar and
Azuay.
Guayaquil is the
capital of the province and the largest city in the country.
The province is one of the six provinces in the Coast Region, a natural
region of Ecuador.
Natural regions
Guayas' natural terrain is very diverse. The province has no elevations, except for the
Coastal Range, which starts in Guayaquil and goes to
Manabí. The areas west of the Coastal Range are
desertic, with an average temperature of 23°
C. The areas east of the range belong to the
Guayas Watershed. They are quite
humid and
fertile, especially in the north of the province, with an average temperature of 30°C in the humid
season (December–May) and 25°C in the dry season (June–November).
Hydrography
The most important river in the province is the
Daule River, which flows from the north to join the
Babahoyo River to form the Guayas river. The province is part of the largest
river basin in
South America west of the
Andes Mountains.
Roads
Guayas has its own system when numbering
roads. Nevertheless, this system is unknown for most residents, so it isn't regularly used.
The interprovincial roads are also numbered with the national system. Even routes travel north-south; odd routes travel east-west. The interprovincial roads that cross the province are the following:
History
Pre-Hispanic cultures
The most important Pre-Hispanic
cultures living in Guayas were the
Valdivia, the Machalilla, and the Chorrera Cultures. Exactly before the European discovery of America, the
Huancavilca Culture was living in the province. They are the
ancestors of a large part of the population of the province.
Spanish conquest and independence
Guayaquil was founded on
August 14,
1534 (its is celebrated on
July 25). During the
Spanish conquest, Guayaquil became one of the most important
ports in
South America. The city became
free on
October 9,
1820, and the Guayaquil
Department (one of the original subdivisions of Ecuador) was founded soon afterwards. It consisted on the
Manabí Province, and the Guayaquil Province, which was later renamed Guayas. The Guayaquil Province included territory of what now is Peruvian
Tumbes, and today's
Los Ríos and
El Oro. The provinces were separated from Guayas in
1860 and
1884, respectively.
Urbanization
Guayas is the most populated province in the country. In the last decades, there has been a massive exit from
rural areas to the main cities (especially
Guayaquil). This has created a problem in Guayaquil, as most of the migrants invade municipal areas, creating
shantytowns, with no
services like
water or
electricity.
Demographics
Guayas is the most populated province in the country. The estimated population of the province in
2003 was about 3,360,000 people. A large percentage of the
population are
mestizos, or descendants of both
Spaniards and
Native Americans.
Political Division
The province is divided in 25
cantons.
» Canton (Capital)
Jujan (Jujan)
Balao (Balao)
Balzar (Balzar)
Colimes (Colimes)
Coronel Marcelino Maridueña (Coronel Marcelino Maridueña)
Daule (Daule)
Durán (Durán)
El Empalme(El Empalme)
El Triunfo (El Triunfo)
Bucay (Bucay)
Guayaquil (Guayaquil)
Isidro Ayora (Isidro Ayora)
Lomas de Sargentillo (Lomas de Sargentillo)
Milagro (Milagro)
Naranjal (Naranjal)
Naranjito (Naranjito)
Nobol (Nobol)
Palestina (Palestina)
Pedro Carbo (Pedro Carbo)
Playas (Playas)
Samborondón (Samborondón)
Santa Lucía (Santa Lucía)
Simón Bolívar (Simón Bolívar)
Urbina Jado (Salitre)
Yaguachi (Yaguachi)Further Information
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