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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Cantons of Guayas, Populated places in Guayas Province, Guayaquil, UEES, Universidad Del Pacifico - Ecuador, Samborondon, Playas Canton, Playas, Guayas, Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno Canton, Guayaquil Canton, Nobol, Milagro, Ecuador, General Antonio Elizalde Canton, Coronel Marcelino Mariduena Canton, Simon Bolivar Canton, Samborondon Canton, Santa Lucia Canton, Duran Canton, El Triunfo Canton, Isidro Ayora Canton, Lomas de Sargentillo Canton, Yaguachi Canton, Milagro Canton, El Empalme Canton, Pedro Carbo Canton, Palestina Canton, Salitre Canton, Balao Canton, Balzar Canton, Colimes Canton, Naranjito Canton, Nobol Canton, Duran, Ecuador, Churute Mangroves Ecological Reserve, Daule Canton, El Triunfo, Ecuador, Daule, Guayas, Posorja, Isidro Ayora, Ecuador, Bucay, Ecuador, Palestina, Ecuador, Naranjal, Ecuador, Naranjal Canton. Excerpt: Guayaquil (pronounced ), officially Santiago de Guayaquil (pronounced ), is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador, as well as that nation's main port. The city is the capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas and the seat of the namesake canton. City of Guayaquil, EcuadorGuayaquil is located on the western bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil. Because of its location, the city is the center of Ecuador's business and manufacturing industries. Guayaquil's waterfront around 1920.Guayaquil was founded on July 25, 1538 with the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil (Most Noble and Most Loyal City of St. James of Guayaquil) by Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana. Even before it was founded by the Spanish, it already existed as a native village. In 1600 Guayaquil had a population of about 2,000 people; by 1700 the city had a population of over 10,000. In 1687, Guayaquil was attacked and looted by English an...
