Guayas Province
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| Province o Guayas | |||||
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| Kintra | Ecuador | ||||
| Established | 1820 | ||||
| Caipital | Guayaquil | ||||
| Cantons | Leet o Cantons | ||||
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| - Provincial Prefect | Jimmy Jairala | ||||
| Aurie | |||||
| - Tot | 16,803 km2 (6,487.7 sq mi) | ||||
| Indwallers (2010) | |||||
| - Tot | 3,645,483 | ||||
| - Densitie | 217/km2 (561.9/sq mi) | ||||
| Wabsteid | 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.
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Geography [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
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 [edit]
Pre-Hispanic culturs [edit]
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.
Spainyie conquest an unthirldom [edit]
Guayaquil wis foondit on August 14, 1534 (its foundation is celebrated on July 25). Durin the Spainyie 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 [edit]
In recent decades, there haes been a massive exit frae rural 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 [edit]
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 Spainyie an indigenous fowks, there are an aa big communities o fowk that descend frae Italians, Lebanese an German fowk.
Poleetical diveesions [edit]
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 [edit]
References [edit]
- ↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
Freemit airtins [edit]
- (Spainyie) Gobierno Provincial del Guayas, offeecial wabsteid
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