Country Ecuador Capital El Guabo, Ecuador | Time zone ECT (UTC-5) Province El Oro | |
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The Guabo is a canton in the province of El Oro in Ecuador . Its capital is the city cantonal Guabo. Its population in the 2010 census is 50,009 inhabitants. The date of canton of El Guabo was the September 7, 1978. The current mayor for the period 2009-2014 is Mr. John Franco Aguilar.
Contents
- Map of El Guabo Canton Ecuador
- Geographic Location
- Demographics
- History
- Political division
- Guabo Colleges
- References
Map of El Guabo Canton, Ecuador
Geographic Location
The Guabo is located northwest of the province of El Oro, has an area of 498km2, at a distance of 18 km from Machala capital of the province. To the north the canton Orangery (Canton) , south to the cantons Machala and Passage (Canton), east to the Canton Ponce Enriquez and Passage (Canton) , and west by the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Guayaquil. The canton is located in the coastal region with a tropical humid climate, the most important crop is bananas for export.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:
History
It arises as a picturesque village between 1700 and 1750 in the rain forest of the south-west of the country and north of what is now the province gold, bathed in the river on the left bank doublets, adorned and leafy robust guaba that gave its name to become the end of 1920 in the small but important commercial river traffic point of legend, in 1882 the manor liberal parish since 1978 illustrious canton in the open door of the late twentieth century. The time schedule takes us to the year 1977, which was for the progressive and then parish Guabo, the beginning of his "off" to what it meant for the life and soul of this always virile and fighter, achieving cantonización persevering quest for happily given at the beginning of September 7, 1978.
Political division
The Guabo is divided into five parishes: The Guabo (cantonal) Bourbons (Sucre) The Iberia Tendales (heads in Puerto Tendales) Rio Bonito Works of Mr. John Franco called: The Linear Park course is not a straight line.