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Anchayacu
Esmeraldasvillage
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INEC Ecuador. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
As a village in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Anchayacu occupies its own corner of the country. Anchayacu maps to 0.956°, -79.058° — squarely within the equatorial belt. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,311 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 51% of daylight hours. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Great EgretArdea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves147
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves144
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves135
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves132
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens Mathews, 1914 · Aves129
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves118
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves116
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves112
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.4 — 2025-07-2020 km NE of Rosa Zarate, Ecuador
- M 4.6 — 2025-07-0811 km SSW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- M 6.3 — 2025-04-2519 km NE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- M 3.7 — 2024-11-0134 km WNW of Cotacachi, Ecuador
- M 3.2 — 2024-10-2236 km ENE of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- M 3.4 — 2024-10-0749 km NNW of Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Esmeraldas
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Anchayacu, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org