Huaquillas Explained

Huaquillas
Settlement Type:City
Total Type:City
Motto:Spanish; Castilian: Centinela sin relevo (Sentinel without relief)
Nickname:Spanish; Castilian: Huaquillas, ciudad binacional (Huaquillas, binational city)
Pushpin Map:Ecuador
Coordinates:-3.475°N -80.2183°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Ecuador
Subdivision Type1:Provinces
Subdivision Name1:El Oro
Subdivision Type2:Canton
Subdivision Name2:Huaquillas
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Florencio Farez
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:17.86
Elevation M:10
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:56021
Population As Of:2022 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Demonym:Huaquillense
Timezone1:ECT
Utc Offset1:-5
Website:http://www.huaquillas.gob.ec/

Huaquillas (Spanish: /wa.'ki.ʝas/) is a border town in western El Oro, Ecuador. It is the canton seat of the Huaquillas Canton.

Huaquillas is located on the border with Peru. An international bridge that goes over the Zarumilla River connects it with the Peruvian town of Aguas Verdes. Both towns have an intense commercial life and many formal, as well as informal street sellers that sell goods both in US dollars, the only currency in Ecuador, and in Peruvian soles.

The town was occupied by Peru during the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.

External links

-3.4814°N -80.2432°W Puente Internacional Zarumilla, border crossing between Huaquillas and Aguas Verdes.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/towns/el_oro/070750__huaquillas/ Citypopulation.de