COAST IN ECUADOR

• Five distinct provinces make

up Ecuadorian coastal region:
Esmeraldas, Manabí, Guayas,
Santa Elena and El Oro.

PROVINCES
HISTORY
An intense rivalry between
Ecuador’s Coastal and Andes
regions, played out
principally by the cities of
Guayaquil and Quito, has
been one of the most
important issues in the
nation’ historical
development.
 Geography and Climate

Jungle, mangrove forests, quaint

fishing villages, and stunning beaches
run the length of the more than 2,000
Kilometer of Ecuadorian coast.
Generally, the region is warm and
humid with temperatures averaging
25 degrees Celsius to 31 degree
Celsius. The rainy season, from
December to May, is warmer and
muggy. The dry season is less humid
but by no means dry.
The music in the province
“Marimba Esmeraldeña”

• With its African people and culture,

Esmeraldas wouldn’t be the same without its
own type of music, the “Marimba
Esmeraldeña”. This tropical, upbeat music is
played with often hand-made instruments
such as the marimba, the bass drum, the
banter and maracas. The Marimba music is
one of the cultural expressions in the province
and functions as a representative of the
people's African roots.

Esta foto de Autor desconocido está bajo licencia CC BY-SA-NC

TRADITIONAL MUSIC
 Manabí Province

The beach cities along the Manabí

coast are very popular with
To the South of Esmeraldas, we
Quiteños and Guayaquileños. All
have the coastal province of
summer visit and during holidays,
Manabí, home to Manta, the
Ecuadorians head to such beach
second largest port city in Ecuador,
towns as Puerto López, Montañita,
after Guayaquil.
and Bahía de Caráquez, as well as
Machalilla National Park.
PUERTO LOPEZ
Puerto Lopez is a town on the
coast of Ecuador. It’s famous
because humpback whales go
there from June to September
every year. The whales live in
Antarctica, but when it’s too
cold there, they come to find
warm water in Ecuador, they
travel about 7,000Kilometers
from Antarctica to Puerto Lopez
 AMAZING HUMPBACK WHALE IN PUERTO
LOPEZ,ECUADOR
WHALES
GUAYAQUIL DE MIS AMORES BY JULIO JARAMILLO
• you are a pearl that emerged
• of the greatest and unknown sea,
• and if to the sound of your cooing
• in the garden you became;
• Sovereign in her efforts
• our God formed a pensile
• with your beautiful Guayaquil;
• Guayaquil of my dreams.

• If your blondes and brunettes,

• that go mad with passion
• their heart beats
• that mitigates black penalties
• with your green eyes seas
• or black nightfall,
• they always impose their will
• Guayaquil of my songs.
 Guayas Province is home to Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest
city and chief port. Guayaquil’s Puerto Marítimo, opened
Guayaquil and in 1964 and now handles approximately 90% of Ecuador’s
imports and nearly 50% of its exports. Malecon, the
Southern picturesque Las Peñas district and the Plaza Centenario are
important to visit. These are just a few of the attractions
Guayas Province that Guayaquil visitors should check out. Like Guayaquil,
the Guayas Province deserves more attention than it gets,
especially the beaches.
SANTA ELENA PROVINCE

The Province Created in

of Santa 2007 from
Elena is territory that
a province of belonged to
Ecuador in the Guayas
the coastal Province.
region.

It is one of
the two
Santo
newest
Domingo de
provinces of
Los Tsáchilas.
Ecuador,
along with
Santa Elena, has a variety of
archaeological, historical,
cultural, tourist attractions
beaches and resort
infrastructure like:

• MAR BRAVA BEACHESO

• OLON
• THE CHOCOLATE MARKER
• AYANGUE-BEACH
• MUSEUM LOVERS OF
SUMPA
• MANGLARALTO
EL ORO PROVINCE
• El Oro is the most southern of Ecuador's
coastal provinces.
• It was named for its historically
important gold production.
• Today it is one of the world's major exporters of bananas.
• The capital is Machala

• ECONOMY
• El Oro economy is mainly based on export of banana and
shrimp. Other agricultural products of importance
are cacao and coffee.
TRADITIONAL FOOD FROM THE COASTAL
REGION IN ECUADOR
THANKS FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION