Guayaquil Explained

Guayaquil
Native Name:Santiago de Guayaquil
Native Name Lang:es
Official Name:Santiago of Guayaquil
Settlement Type:City
Nickname:La Perla del Pacífico
English: The Pearl of the Pacific
Motto:Por Guayaquil Independiente
English: For Independent Guayaquil
Pushpin Map:Ecuador#South America
Pushpin Relief:1
Coordinates:-2.19°N -79.8875°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ecuador
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Guayaquil
Established Title:Spanish foundation
Established Date:25 July 1535
Founder:Francisco de Orellana
Named For:Guayas and Quil
Established Title2:Independence
Established Date2:9 October 1820
Parts Type:Urban parishes
Parts Style:coll
Parts:16 urban parishes
Government Type:Mayor and council
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Municipality of Guayaquil
Leader Title1:Mayor
Leader Name1:Aquiles Álvarez
Leader Title2:Vice-Mayor
Leader Name2:Blanca López
Area Total Km2:344.5
Area Total Sq Mi:133.01
Area Land Km2:316.42
Area Land Sq Mi:122.17
Area Water Km2:28.08
Area Water Sq Mi:10.84
Area Metro Km2:2493.86
Elevation M:4
Elevation Ft:13.2
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:2650288
Population Metro:3193267
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Sq Mi:auto [1]
Population Urban:3,094,420
Population Demonym:Guayaquileño
Demographics Type1:GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
Demographics1 Title1:Year
Demographics1 Info1:2023
Demographics1 Title2:Total
Demographics1 Info2:$42.9 billion[2]
Demographics1 Title3:Per capita
Demographics1 Info3:$17,300
Timezone:ECT
Utc Offset:−5
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:EC090150
Area Code:(0)4
Registration Plate:G
Blank Name:Languages
Blank Info:Spanish
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Aw
Website:Municipality of Guayaquil

Guayaquil (pronounced as /es/; Quechua: Wayakil), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is located on the west bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil.

Name

The origin of the name Santiago de Guayaquil has been much discussed, although that 'Guayaquil' is pre-Hispanic. Since the founding of the city by the Spanish in 1534, it has been linked to the name of Santiago in memory of its patron saint, Santiago, apostle of Christ. He is also designated as patron saint of several other Spanish American colonial cities, such as Santiago de Chile, as he is of Spain.[3]

A theory based on a romantic legend, transmitted orally, attributes the name Guayaquil to the joining of the name of a leader named Guayas and of his wife Quil. They are symbols of the local resistance that—according to local tradition—chose to fight to the death (and as a final act, set fire to the town), rather than surrender to the Spanish conquerors.[4]

A town with a name similar to Guayaquil is located near the city of Durán (Autopista Durán-Boliche km. 23). Investigations by archeologists and historians has led them to conclude that when the town was conquered by the Spanish, it was ruled by a man named Guayaquile.[5]

They have not determined if the man or the town was first to receive that name. But researcher Ángel Véliz Mendoza, in his book on the man Guayaquile, says that there at least seven references to the toponym in pre-1543 documents.[6] It is believed that the name Guayaquil is taken from the population's final home, in lands of the chief Guayaquile. This region was occupied by the chonos, people whose archeological name (in Spanish) is Cultura Milagro-Quevedo.

After several location changes and fires, the city was founded in 1547, and named the "Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil" ("Very noble and very loyal city of Santiago de Guayaquil"). After the city's independence in 1820, the words "very noble and very loyal" disappeared from use, as the city was no longer part of the Spanish Empire. Today, the official name of Santiago de Guayaquil is seldom used outside of official contexts.

History

Guayaquil was founded on 25 July 1538[7] by Spanish conqueror Francisco de Orellana in the location of a native village. He named it as Spanish; Castilian: Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil ("Most Noble and Most Loyal City of Santiago de Guayaquil").[8]

On 20 April 1687, Guayaquil was attacked and looted by English and French pirates under the command of George d'Hout (English), and Picard and Groniet (French).[9] Of more than 260 pirates, 35 were killed and 46 were wounded; 75 defenders of the city died and more than 100 were wounded.

In 1709, English captains including Woodes Rogers and William Dampier, along with a crew of 110, looted Guayaquil and demanded ransom. But they departed suddenly and without collecting the ransom after an epidemic of yellow fever broke out.

In colonial times Guayaquil was the chief Spanish shipyard in the Pacific, although some navigators considered that Valdivia (now in Chile) had better conditions.[10]

Guayaquil was a stopover point in the commerce between Asia and Latin America conducted via Philippines-based Manila galleons. The trade route had links to Acapulco in present-day Mexico and terminated with a node in Callao, Peru.[11]

In the late eighteenth century, the majority of slaves in the region were located in Guayaquil. Their lives and work were conditioned by a practice called Spanish; Castilian: jornal. The owners held them legally but the Spanish; Castilian: jornalado slaves had "considerable independence" in exchange for paying their owners a fee (the Spanish; Castilian: jornal) every day. Such enslaved Native Americans, such as María Chiquinquirá, would work inside urban homes. (She was a local hero because she successfully went to court in 1794 to argue for her freedom.) Other jornalado enslaved men worked alongside free workers in the shipyards.

the turn of the nineteenth century, slaves had fought for their freedom in increasing numbers. Together they formed a social group known as the Spanish; Castilian: plebe.[12]

On 9 October 1820, almost without bloodshed, a group of civilians, supported by soldiers from the "Granaderos de Reserva" battalion quartered in Guayaquil, led by the Peruvian Colonel Gregorio Escobedo, overwhelmed the resistance of the Royalist guards and arrested the Spanish authorities. Guayaquil declared independence from Spain, becoming the "Provincia Libre de Guayaquil". José Joaquín de Olmedo was named Spanish; Castilian: Jefe Civil of Guayaquil.

Departing from Guayaquil, General Antonio José de Sucre, sent by Simón Bolivar and supported by a division promised by José de San Martín, led the allied independence army in the Battle of Pichincha. His victory confirmed the independence of the Gran Colombia and also what would become the future Republic of Ecuador.

On 26 July 1822, generals José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar held a meeting in Guayaquil to plan how to complete achieving the independence of Perú and, with it, all of Spanish South America. In 1829, the city was invaded by the Peruvian Army, which occupied it for seven months.

In 1860, the city was the site of the Battle of Guayaquil, the last of a series of military conflicts between the forces of the Provisional Government, led by Gabriel García Moreno and General Juan José Flores, and the forces of the Supreme Chief of Guayas, General Guillermo Franco, whose government was recognized as possessing sovereignty over the Ecuadorian territory by Peruvian president Ramón Castilla. Moreno's forces were victorious, countering Peruvian influence over Ecuador.

In 1896, large portions of the city were destroyed by a fire.[13]

On 8 July 1898, the Guayaquil City Hall Spanish; Castilian: Muy Ilustre Municipalidad de Guayaquil officially recognized the anthem written by José Joaquín de Olmedo in 1821, with the music composed by Ana Villamil Ycaza in 1895, as the Spanish; Castilian: Himno al 9 de Octubre or Spanish; Castilian: [[Canción al Nueve de Octubre]], most widely known now as the Spanish; Castilian: Himno a Guayaquil (Guayaquil Anthem).

In 1922, workers in the city went on a general strike lasting three days, ending after at least 300 people were killed by military and police.

In 2020, the city was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Its medical and mortuary services were overwhelmed to the point where bodies lay in the streets.[14] Almost 6,000 more deaths were recorded in the first two weeks of April than the average for the same period in other years.[15]

Economy

Guayaquileños main sources of income are formal and informal trade, business, agriculture and aquaculture. Most commerce consists of small and medium businesses, adding an important informal economy occupation that gives thousands of guayaquileños employment.[16]

The Port of Guayaquil is Ecuador's most important commercial port; most international import and export merchandise passes through the Gulf of Guayaquil. As the largest city in the country,[17] most industries are located either in the city or its peripheral areas.

Tourism

Guayaquil plays an important role in Ecuador's economy as the commercial heart of the country, and is also a vibrant, sprawling city, urban, cultural and touristic. In recent years, the city has become a business and convention destination. Half a dozen skyscrapers give it the profile of a major city that continues to expand to the north and west.[18]

Here are some of the tourist attractions in Guayaquil:

Its geographical location makes it the gateway to the Galapagos Islands and it has won several World Travel Awards. These include: South America's Leading City Break Destination and South America's Leading Meetings and Conferences Destination. [28]

There are several agencies that offer day trips in Guayaquil: shopping tours in the malls, gastronomic tours, religious tours or tours to agritourism haciendas. [29] A good alternative to get to know the city are the free tours offered by Guayaquil City Council. [30] Or one of the self-guided tours offered to get to know the city of Guayaquil. [31]

Government

Guayaquil's mayor was Cynthia Viteri, the second elected female mayor in the city's history, the first being Elsa Bucaram in 1988. The previous mayor, Jaime Nebot, endorsed her. A campaign of construction projects for the city began in the early 2000s to attract tourism. The "urban regeneration" plan reconstructed the city's main tourist streets' sidewalks and upgraded the city's chaotic transit system with multiple infrastructure projects (speedways, bridges, overhead passages, tunnels, etc.).[32]

In August 2006, the city's first rapid transit bus system, Metrovía, opened to provide a quicker, high-capacity service. One of the main projects was called Malecón 2000 pronounced as /es/, the renovation of the waterfront promenade (malecón) along the Guayas River. Another project was the creation of the Nuevo Parque Histórico, a park in a housing development area that is called Entre Ríos because it lies between the Daule and Babahoyo rivers (which merge to form the Guayas River) in a mangrove wetland area. The park cost the city about US$7 million.

In 2013, the national government led by Rafael Correa built two pedestrian bridges connecting downtown Guayaquil, Santay Island, and the town of Durán, to allow people to make ecotourism trips and return the same day.

Geography

Guayaquil is the nation's largest city[33] and the capital of Guayas Province. It is on the Guayas River about north of the Gulf of Guayaquil, near the Equator.

Guayaquil faces major earthquake threats due to its soil stratigraphy and location on the ring of fire and the south of the North-Andean subduction zone.[34]

The city can be easily damaged by earthquakes as its weak and compressible soil is composed of deep soft sediments over hard rocks and deposits in a brackish environment. Also, the city itself is strongly affected by the subduction of the active Ecuadorian margin, an intraplate region where active faults locate; and the Guayaquil-Babahoyo strike-slip fault system, formed as the North Andean Block drifts northward.[35]

The tsunami threat is caused by the nearby Gulf of Guayaquil which also is one of the major locations on the Earth where earthquakes tend to happen all the time. It has complex tectonic features such as the Posorja and the Jambeli – two major east–west trending detachment systems; the Puna-Santa Clara northeast-southwest trending fault system; and the Domito north-south trending fault system; that have developed since the Pleistocene times. Tsunami threats are only predicted for coastal farming zones, not the main populated areas.[36] [37]

Guayaquil, along with most of the coastal region, was impacted by the 16 April 2016 earthquake of 7.8 magnitude. A bridge that was above a major artery, Avenida de las Americas, collapsed in the early evening on that day, killing two people.

Climate

Guayaquil features a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw). Between January and April, the climate is hot and humid with heavy rainfall, especially during El Niño years when it increases dramatically and flooding usually occurs. The rest of the year (from May through December), however, rainfall is minimal due to the cooling influence of the Humboldt Current, with usually cloudy mornings and afternoons, and evening breezes.

Guayaquil city sectors

Guayaquil City Territorial Organization
Number of the sector in reference with the City Map
SectorsSectorsSectors
19 de Octubre Este25Febres Cordero49Prosperina
29 de Octubre Oeste26Floresta50Puerto Azul Norte
3Abel Gilbert27La Florida51Puerto Azul Sur
4Acuarela28García Moreno52Puerto Lisa
5Los Álamos29Garzota53Quinto Guayas Este
6Alborada Este30Guangala54Quinto Guayas Oeste
7Alborada Oeste31Guasmo Este55Río Guayas
8Los Almendros32Guasmo Oeste56Roca
9Las Américas33Huancavilca57Rocafuerte
10Atarazana34Isla Trinitaria58La Saiba
11Ayacucho35Kennedy59Samanes
12Bastión Popular36Letamendi60San Eduardo
13Batallón del Suburbio37Luz del Guayas61Los Sauces
14Bellavista38Mapasingue62Simón Bolívar
15Bolívar39Miraflores63Sopeña
16Los Ceibos40Monte Bello64Sucre
17Centenario41Olmedo65Tarqui
18Cerro del Carmen42Las Orquídeas Este66Unión
19Cóndor43Las Orquídeas Oeste67Urdenor
20Cuba44Paraíso68Urdaneta
21Del Astillero45Pascuales69Urdesa
22Estero Salado46Pedro Carbo70Los Vergeles
23Los Esteros47Las Peñas71Ximena
24La FAE48La Pradera72Mirador Norte

Here you can find the list of Neighborhoods and Parishes of Guayaquil

Demographics

Historical Populations Guayaquil City
Compared with Guayas Province, Canton of Guayaquil, and Guayaquil City[38]
CensusGuayas ProvinceCanton of GuayaquilGuayaquil City
1950582.144331.942258.966
1962979.223567.895510.804
19741,512,333907.013823.219
19822.038.4541.328.0051.199.344
19902,515,1461,570,3961,508,444
20013,309,0342,039,7811,985,379
20103,645,4832,350,9152,291,158
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos
Percentage Population Growth of Guayaquil City
Compared with Guayas Province, Canton of Guayaquil, and Guayaquil City.
CensusGuayas ProvinceCanton of GuayaquilGuayaquil City
1950–19624.34%4.49%5.67%
1962–19743.77%4.06%4.14%
1974–19823.52%4.50%4.44%
1982–19902.63%2.10%2.87%
1990–20012.49%2.38%2.50%
2001–20101.12%1.69%1.71%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos

Food

Typical Guayaquil cuisine includes mostly seafood dishes such as encebollado, ceviche, cazuela, and encocado (shrimp or tuna with a coconut sauce and rice).

During breakfast, patacones and bolon (fried plantain with cheese mashed and given a rounded shape) play a big role. These plantain dishes are often accompanied with bistec de carne or encebollado de pescado.

Another prominent breakfast dish are empanadas "de viento" made with wheat flour and stretchy cheese or empanadas "de verde" plantain based with mozzarella cheese.

Pan de yuca similar to pão de queijo usually served with "yogur persa" is a typical snack in Guayaquil. With the rise in middle eastern migration, shawarma shops dot the city.

Chifa or Chinese-Ecuadorian dishes like arroz chaufa, tallarin saltado, and sopa Fui Chi Fu are common fast food options.

Some other original dishes of Guayaquil are the plantain ball soup (based on peanuts and green plantains creating a green plantain ball filled with meat and other ingredients). Bollo, analogous to hallaca, is another typical dish of this city that also the main ingredient is the green plantain and seafood. Just to mention others are the biche, sango de mariscos, and arroz con pescado frito (rice with fried fish)

Arroz con menestra y carne asada (rice with stew and roast meat), churrasco, Guatita, Caldo de mondongo, Humitas, Maduro lampriado, Maduro con queso, Tripita, are some more dishes included in the great and diverse gastronomy of the city.

Notable people

Arts and literature

Others

Education

Biblioteca Municipal de Guayaquil (Municipal Library of Guayaquil) serves as the public library of Guayaquil.[40] The city has several universities, including the University of Guayaquil (founded in 1867), the Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, the Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (ESPOL), and the Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo.

Religion

The largest religion in Guayaquil is Christianity.

Sports

There are two major association football clubs; the Barcelona Sporting Club and the Club Sport Emelec. Each club has its own stadium; the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha is the home of the "Barcelonistas" while the Estadio George Capwell is the home of the "Emelecistas". These two teams have a long history of rivalry in Guayaquil and when these two teams play against each other the game is called "El Clásico del Astillero".

The city is the birthplace of Francisco Segura Cano; and Andrés Gómez and Nicolás Lapentti, Ecuador's two most successful tennis players, now both retired. The "Abierto de Tenis Ciudad de Guayaquil" is a tennis tournament organised in Guayaquil by Gómez and Luis Morejon, and held annually in November.

Another major event in the city is the Guayaquil Marathon, which has been held every year on the first weekend of October since 2005. These race is certified by the (AIMS) Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.

The sports & Ecological Park called Parque Samanes de Guayaquil is a park with courts for soccer, tennis, volleyball, and basketball, two lakes, a soccer stadium and an amphi theatre for open air concerts and events. It is connected to a forest reserve with trails for cycling and walking, as well as installations for climbing and zip-lining.

Universities

Some of Guayaquil's main universities are:

Transport

Guayaquil is located along national Highway 40 and is near Highway 25.

Among Guayaquil's major trading points are the seaport, the largest in Ecuador and one of the biggest handlers of shipping on the shores of the Pacific; and José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport.

José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport, though using the same runways, had its passenger terminal completely rebuilt in 2006 and was renamed. The old passenger terminal is now a convention centre.[41]

Guayaquil is served by a bus rapid transit system, Metrovia, which opened in 2006. The system has three lines and is supplemented by 35 feeder routes, carrying a total of 400,000 daily passengers.[42]

The Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos offers tourist rail service to Quito from the neighboring city of Durán, Ecuador, located across the Guayas River from Guayaquil.[43]

Port of Guayaquil

The Port of Guayaquil is the most important one in Ecuador and one of the major ports in Latin America. The port provides capacities for handling cargo, but is also a hub for transshipment for other countries in the pacific region.[44]

Since the decrease of the Colombian FARC drug gang business and the raise of Ecuadorian cartels, the harbor of Guayaquil is one of the most important spots of drug trafficking to Columbia, Mexico and the US.[45] [46]

Responsible for port operation is the state Guayaquil Port Authority.

Twin towns – sister cities

Guayaquil is twinned with:

See also

External links

Notes and References

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