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Montañita is a small coastal town in Ecuador located in the parish of Manglaralto, province of Santa Elena, about 180 kilometers northwest of Guayaquil. [1] Its name means "small mountain." In the mid 20th century it was known as a surfing beach, with only a few fishermen's huts, and one or two surfers tents in summer, erected at the site. [2]
In the 1990s, attempts were made to make it an official nudist beach, but these attempts failed due to the intervention of the local churches. [18] Playa Escondida, Antofagasta (not an official nudist beach but nudity is tolerated there) Playa La Pancora, near Punta de Lobos, Pichilemu; Playa Luna, Caleta Horcón, near Puchuncaví, Valparaiso ...
The westernmost city on mainland Ecuador, Salinas is an important tourist center. Salinas, Ecuador's largest coastal resort, offers one of the country's best real estate investment markets and most popular and most upscale beach lifestyle. It was the site of the ISA World Junior Surfing Games Ecuador in 2009.
Ecuador, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.
Playas (officially known as General Villamil Playas) is a coastal city located in the province of Guayas, Ecuador. It is the seat of Playas Canton, created in 1989. As of the census of 2022, the city had a population of 48,156. [1] The city takes its official name from the independence hero, General José de Villamil.
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Loja is the capital of one of Ecuador's main coffee-growing provinces. [ 3 ] Close to the city of Loja, the first wind power station of Ecuador is located with a visitors center and 11 generators.
Esmeraldas is the major seaport of northwestern Ecuador, and it lies on the Pacific coast at the mouth of the Esmeraldas River. It is the antipodes of Padang, Indonesia. The city is the principal trading hub for the region's agricultural and lumber resources, and is the terminus of the 313-mile (504-km) Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline from the oil ...