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Portoviejo (Spanish pronunciation: [poɾtoˈβjexo]), also known as San Gregorio de Portoviejo, is a city in Ecuador, and the capital of the Province of Manabí 30 km (19 mi) from the Pacific coast. It is still known as the city of the "Royal Tamarind Trees" due to former Tamarind plantations in the area.
Portoviejo Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Manabí Province. Its capital is the city of Portoviejo. Its population at the 2001 census was 238,430. [2]
Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Portoviejo is a professional football club from the city of Portoviejo, Ecuador. [1] They play in the Serie A , Their rival team is Delfín , against whom they contest the El Clásico Manabita .
Estadio Reales Tamarindos is a multi-use stadium in Portoviejo, Ecuador. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Portoviejo . The stadium has a capacity of 21,000 spectators and opened in 1970.
Bishops of Portoviejo. Luis Tola y Avilés (6 Mar 1871 – 1881) Pedro Schumacher, C.M. (27 Mar 1885 – 15 Jul 1900) Juan María Riera, O.P. (16 Dec 1907 – 19 Jan 1912), appointed Bishop of Guayaquil; Nicanor Carlos Gavinales Chamorro (30 May 1947 – 17 Feb 1967) Luis Alfredo Carvajal Rosales (17 Feb 1967 – 6 Aug 1989)
Archeological finds made in the area in 2008 suggest that Picoazá is the site of a pre-Columbian settlement. [3] In 1907, the second archaeological expedition of Marshall Howard Saville involved the exploration of caves around Picoazá, [4] and in particular the Cerro Jaboncilla and Cerro de Hojas sites, which are 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from Picoazá.
Christ the King School (Spanish: Unidad Educativa Cristo Rey) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Portoviejo, Ecuador.Established in 1930 as a seminary run by the Society of Jesus, the school grew to be pre-primary through high school, and serves the needier segment of society.
Reales Tamarindos Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Reales Tamarindos) (IATA: PVO, ICAO: SEPV) is a closed airport formerly serving Portoviejo, the capital of Manabí Province in Ecuador. The nearest major airport to Portoviejo is Eloy Alfaro International Airport in Manta, 26 kilometres (16 mi) to the west.