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Useful data for the Route: Ecuador’s Beaches – Ecuador |
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Climate |
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The climate varies from sub humid tropical to very humid tropical, according to the zones, while the average temperature is 23°C.
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Tourist attractions |
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-In Manta and Puerto López:
The Manta beaches, Jaramilló, San Jacinto, San Clemente, Bahía de Caráquez, San Vicente, Puerto López, Puerto Cayo, Los Frailes, San Mateo, Machalilla and Salango.
Prehistoric sites like los Pozos de Choconchá (Jipijapa), Cerro de Hojas, the house of the Devil (Junín), Laguna del Encanto (Enchantment Lake) (San Plácido) and the Fe y Jama Falls, among others.
Pacoche Ecosystem in Manta.
-In Esmeraldas:
The beaches of Atacames, Súa, Tonsupa, Same and La Tolita Island (archeological park). Visit by train to San Lorenzo, the Cayapas-Mataje Ecological Preserve, the Mache-Chuindul Ecological Preserve, the Majagual Mangrove Swamps (the highest in the world), the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Preserve, Camarones, Tonchigue, Muisne and Las Palmas.
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Basic services |
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-In Manta and Puerto López
Drinking water, sanitary sewerage, electricity, telephone and garbage disposal and toilets and showers in the rural sector.
-In Esmeraldas
Drinking water, sanitary sewerage, electricity, telephone and garbage disposal and
toilets and showers in the rural sector.
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Typical dishes |
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-In Manta and Puerto López:
Viche, ripe plantain soup, fresh sweet potato, peanuts, corn, cassava and fish heads.
Fish or shellfish stew.
Sal prieta, peanut paste sauce to accompany baked and fried plantain, rice and maduro.
Empanadas de verde (turnovers), fried plantain chips, bolones, cassava bread and pastelillo (small sweet or savory pastry).
-In Esmeraldas
Pusandao, a pork, plantain and cassava dish.
Chucula, a mixture of guineo cooked with milk and cheese.
Tapao, sun dried beef cooked with plantain.
Encocado, a beef, pork, fish or seafood stew cooked in coconut milk.
Fish or shrimp stew prepared with grated plantain.
Coconut balls and for a beverage, mazato, prepared from ground maduro and water.
Also redcurrant sweets, balas (round sugar sweets) with fried cheese, casabe (corn cake), etc.
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Historical data |
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-Manta and Puerto López
Captain Francisco Pacheco founded the capital on March 12, 1535 and Manabi gained its independence on October 18, 1820.
The Province was created with the enactment of the Territorial Division Act of June 25, 1824, article 13.
-Esmeraldas
Bartolomé Ruiz landed on the Esmeralda coast (San Mateo Bay) on September 21, 1526.
Esmeraldas declared its independence on August 5, 1820. It remained a canton until 1847, when it became a Province thanks to the Special Western Provinces Act . The enactment of the Territorial Division Act confirmed its status as such in 1861.
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