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Guayaquil

Ecuador

Watercolour of Guayaquil, Ecuador. The "Pearl of the Pacific" along the broad Guayas River, centered around the historic colorful hillside of Las Peñas and the Malecón 2000, with Las Peñas and Santa Ana Lighthouse.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Las Peñas; Santa Ana Lighthouse; Guayas River; Moorish Clock Tower; Seminario Park; Guayas River; lush equatorial coastal flora; Guayas River
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking from the Guayas River or the southern end of the Malecón toward the Santa Ana Hill and Las Peñas, showing floating river hyacinths and palm fronds in the foreground, the sweeping river waters, Moorish Clock Tower, and colorful hillside houses in the middle-ground, and the Santa Ana Lighthouse crowning the hill against the soft sky in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick ficus canopies of Parque Seminario, Malecón botanical gardens, and Santay Island mangroves.
Guarded against
Not Quito, Cuenca, or Lima
Population2,723,665
Coordinates2.20°S, 79.89°W
Elevation4 m
Area354 km²
Time zoneAmerica/GuayaquilUTC−5
Solar noon12:20clock runs 0.3 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Guayaquil and you surface nearest to Rantau Prapat, Indonesia — 16 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

QuitoEC267 km
CaliCO730 km
BogotáCO995 km
MedellínCO1,055 km
CallaoPE1,137 km
LimaPE1,139 km
Panama CityPA1,245 km
San JoséCR1,426 km

Twinned cities

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