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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]
The province is divided into 22 cantons.The following table provides a comprehensive overview of the twenty-two cantons of Manabí province, including their respective populations at the 2001 census, their areas in square kilometers (km²), and the names of their respective canton seats or capitals:
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.
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.
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)
The Technical University of Manabí (UTM), is a public institution of higher education located in the city of Portoviejo, Manabí, Ecuador. It was founded on October 29, 1952, in the presidential government of Dr. José María Velasco Ibarra.
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.