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Mariquita, a young woman from Guayaquil in c.1847-48, by Adele de Dombasle. Guayaquil was founded on 25 July 1538 [7] by Spanish conqueror Francisco de Orellana in the location of a native village. He named it as Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil ("Most Noble and Most Loyal City of Santiago de Guayaquil"). [8]
Jama-Coaque figurine, 300 BC-AD 600. Pre-Columbian Ecuador included numerous indigenous cultures, who thrived for thousands of years before the ascent of the Incan Empire. Las Vegas culture of coastal Ecuador, flourishing between 8000 and 4600 BC, is one of the oldest cultures in the Americas.
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.)
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport was named "Best Airport in Latin America 2008 & 2009" by BusinessWeek [7] and the second best in 2011. [8] All domestic flights going from the Ecuadorian mainland to the Galápagos Islands make a stop in Guayaquil to refuel and pick up passengers due to its location, which is the closest point in ...
Guayaquil City F.C. (known as C.D. River Ecuador until 2017) is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Guayaquil. They currently play in the country's second-level football league, the Serie B , after being relegated from the top tier Ecuadorian Serie A at the end of the 2023 season .
Look around social media and you’ll see them starting to crop up — 2025 preseason college football rankings. Some combination of Texas, Georgia, Ohio State and Oregon rules the top 10, which ...
Ferrocarril Ambato - Cururay. Commenced from Ambato (on the G&Q Southern Division), reached Pelileo (35 km) and was intended to continue to Baños de Agua Santa, located on the banks of the Pastaza River then intended to extend until it crossed the Arajuno River and reached a navigable point on the Curaray, a total length of 117 km. Construction commenced in 1912 and the company ceased ...
A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain's King Alfonso XIII in finding them has been published online for war historians and ...