Guayas (Ecuador
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
גואיאס (אקוודור : פרובינציה)
Name (Latin)
Guayas (Ecuador : Province)
Other forms of name
Guayas Province (Ecuador)
Province of Guayas (Ecuador)
Provincia del Guayas (Ecuador)
nnaa Guayas, Ecuador (Province)
Guayaquil (Ecuador : Province)
Coordinates
-79.833333 -79.833333 -2 -2 (geonet )
-79.9667 -79.9667 -2.2 -2.2 (wikiped )
W0795000 W0795000 S0020000 S0020000 (geonet )
Type of jurisdiction
Province
Associated country
Ecuador
Sources of Information
- BGN 5/28/82(Provincia del Guayas [Guayas=brief], ADM1, 2°00ʹS 80°00ʹW)
- GEOnet, March 7, 2013(Guayas (approved); Provincia del Guayas (approved); first-order administrative division; Ecuador; 02°00ʹ00ʺS 079°50ʹ00ʺW; -2 -79.833333; also pop. places with same name in the province)
- Historia social y económica de la antigua provincia de Guayaquil, 1763-1842, 1973.
- Wikipedia, March 7, 2013(Guayas Province; Guayas is a coastal province in Ecuador; Province of Guayas; Guayaquil Province was later renamed Guayas; The Guayaquil Province included territory of what now is Peruvian Tumbes, and today's Los Ríos and El Oro. The provinces were separated from Guayas in 1860 and 1884, respectively; 2.2°S 79.9667°W) Spanish version (Guayas, officially Provincia del Guayas; recently the territory of the province Santa Elena was split off from Guayas) Santa Elena Province (Province of Santa Elena; province of Ecuador in the coastal region; created in 2007 from territory that belonged to the Guayas Province)
- BGN 5/28/82(Provincia del Guayas [Guayas=brief], ADM1, 2p0s00ʹS 80p0s00ʹW)
Wikipedia description:
The Guayas River (Rio Guayas) is a major river in western Ecuador. It gives its name to the Guayas Province of Ecuador. Its total length including Rio Quevedo and Rio Bajaña is 437 km (241 mi) long. The Guayas River's drainage basin is 34,500 km2 (13,320 sq.mi) and it has an average discharge of 71,000 cu ft/s (2,000 m³/s). It is the national river of Ecuador and is present on the coat of arms of Ecuador.
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