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La Guayas
Guayasvillage
Total population
17,579
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INEC Ecuador. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
La Guayas is a village in Guayas, Ecuador. Census-style estimates put the resident count near 17,579. Its coordinates of -0.984°, -79.572° place it in the equatorial zone of the southern hemisphere. The location receives about 1,328 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 52% of daylight hours. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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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
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves21
- Scrub BlackbirdDives warczewiczi (Cabanis, 1861) · Aves21
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves20
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves18
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves18
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves18
- Southern House-WrenTroglodytes musculus J.F.Naumann, 1823 · Aves14
- Ecuadorian ThrushTurdus maculirostris Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 · Aves13
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.4 — 2025-10-0721 km NE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador
- M 4.9 — 2025-09-1913 km ENE of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador
- M 4 — 2025-01-0911 km WSW of Pujilí, Ecuador
- M 2.6 — 2024-11-126 km WNW of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador
- M 3 — 2024-11-032 km ENE of La Maná, Ecuador
- M 3 — 2024-10-3028 km NE of Chone, Ecuador
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Guayas
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about La Guayas
Search results from Open Library.
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 La Guayas, 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
- • Open Library