Guayas Province
Guayas | |
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Province | |
Province o Guayas | |
Location o Guayas in Ecuador. | |
Cantons o Guayas Province | |
Kintra | Ecuador |
Established | 1820 |
Caipital | Guayaquil |
Cantons | Leet o Cantons |
Govrenment | |
• Provincial Prefect | Jimmy Jairala |
Area | |
• Total | 16803 km2 (6,488 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,645,483 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
Website | www.guayas.gob.ec |
Guayas is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered tae the wast bi Manabí, Santa Elena, an the Paceefic Ocean (as the Gulf o Guayaquil); tae the east bi Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, an Azuay; tae the north bi Los Ríos an Bolívar; an tae the sooth bi El Oro an the Paceefic Ocean.
Wi a population o ower 3 million fowk, it is the maist populous province in Ecuador. It is the fowert lairgest province in the kintra in terms o aurie. The lairgest ceety o Ecuador, Guayaquil, is locatit athin the province.
Geography[eedit | eedit soorce]
Guayas' natural terrain is vera diverse. The province haes nae elevations, except for the Coastal Range, which stairts in Guayaquil an goes tae Manabí. The auries wast o the Coastal Range are desertic, wi an average temperatur o 23 °C. The auries east o the range belang tae the Guayas Watershed. They are quite humid an fertile, especially in the north o the province, wi an average temperatur o 30 °C in the humid saison (December–Mey) an 25 °C in the dry saison (Juin–November).
Hydrography[eedit | eedit soorce]
The maist important river in the province is the Daule River, which flows frae the north tae join the Babahoyo River tae form the Guayas river. The province is pairt o the lairgest river basin in Sooth Americae wast o the Andes Muntains.
Roads[eedit | eedit soorce]
Guayas haes its awn seestem for numberin roads. Housomeivver, this seestem is unkent for maist residents, so it is no regularly uised.
The inter-provincial roads are an aa numbered wi the naitional seestem. Even routes travel north-sooth; odd routes travel east-wast. The inter-provincial roads that cross the province are the follaein:
- Ecuador Heich-gate 15 (Vía del Pacífico; Paceefic Wey)
- Ecuador Heich-gate 25 (Troncal de la Costa; Coastal Main Wey)
- Ecuador Heich-gate 40 (Transversal Austral; Austral Crossin Wey)
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
Pre-Hispanic culturs[eedit | eedit soorce]
The native cultur livin in Guayas is the Huancavilca Cultur. Exactly afore the European discovery o Americae, the Huancavilca Cultur wis livin in the province. They are the ancestors o a lairge pairt o the population o the province.
Spaingie conquest an unthirldom[eedit | eedit soorce]
Guayaquil wis foondit on August 14, 1534 (its foundation is celebrated on Julie 25). Durin the Spaingie conquest, Guayaquil became ane o the maist important ports in Sooth Americae. The ceety became free on October 9, 1820, an the Guayaquil Depairtment (ane o the oreeginal subdiveesions o Ecuador) wis foondit suin efterwards. It consistit on the Manabí Province, an the Guayaquil Province, which wis later renamed Guayas. The Guayaquil Province includit the territory o what nou is Peruvian Tumbes, an the day's Los Ríos an El Oro. The provinces wur separatit frae Guayas in 1860 an 1884, respectively.
Urbanization[eedit | eedit soorce]
In recent decades, there haes been a massive exit frae landwart auries tae the main ceeties (especially Guayaquil). This haes creatit a problem in Guayaquil, as maist o the migrants muive tae municipal auries, creatin shantytouns, wi nae services like water or electricity.
Demographics[eedit | eedit soorce]
Guayas is the maist populous province in the kintra. The estimatit population o the province in 2003 wis aboot 3,360,000 fowk. A lairge percentage o the population are mestizos, i.e. descendants o baith Spaingie an indigenous fowks, there are an aa big commonties o fowk that descend frae Italians, Lebanese an German fowk.
Poleetical diveesions[eedit | eedit soorce]
The province is dividit intae 25 cantons. The follaein table leets each wi its population as o the 2001 census, its aurie in square kilometres (km²), an the name o the canton seat or caipital.[1]
See an aw[eedit | eedit soorce]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- (in Spaingie) Gobierno Provincial del Guayas Archived 2009-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, offeecial wabsteid