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5 unusual facts about Manabí Province


Diaethria ceryx

Diaethria ceryx was recorded for the first time in the coastal mountains in Manabí.

Diego de Sandoval

They first arrived in the coast of what is now the Ecuadorian province of Manabi, then had to cross the dense jungle around the Guayas river to reach the lower part of the Andes range.

Isla de la Plata

Isla de la Plata is a small island off the coast of Manabí, Ecuador, and is part of Parque Nacional Machalilla.

Luis de Moscoso Alvarado

Subsequently sent by his uncle, he continued with the current exploration of Ecuador, where he discovered several tribes in the Manabí Province.

Machalilla culture

The Machalilla were a prehistoric people in Ecuador, in southern Manabí and the Santa Elena Peninsula.


Liguiqui

Ligüiqui is a neighborhood of San Lorenzo rural parish in Manta, Manabí, Ecuador, with no more than 100 people, located practically in the middle of the forest in the Ruta del Sol 30 km south of Manta, one of the modern cities with the major port along the central Ecuadorian coast in the province of Manabi, economically, the third most important city of Ecuador.

Machalilla National Park

Machalilla National Park is a preserve in the Ecuadorian Manabí Province near Puerto López and the rural parish of Machalilla, a small fishing village in the vicinity of the park.

Pacific Equatorial Forest

The core area of the Pacific Equatorial Forest covers two counties, Jama and Pedernales, in the northwest of the province of Manabí in Ecuador.

Picoazá

Picoazá is an urban parish in Portoviejo Canton, Manabí Province, Ecuador.

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

There are however also seats in Ambato (established in 1982), Esmeraldas (1981), Ibarra (1976), Santo Domingo de los Colorados (1996) and a regional seat in the province of Manabí (1993).

Prostitution in Ecuador

According to a recent government study, the main destination provinces for human trafficking include Pichincha, Guayas, Esmeraldas and Manabi; Ecuadorian women are also trafficked to Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, and Western Europe for commercial sexual exploitation.


see also

Machalilla

Machalilla Parish, a rural parish of Puerto López Canton, Manabí Province