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Salinas
Santa Elena, Ecuador · South America
About Salinas
Salinas sits on the route: 10 minutes from La Libertad.
Salinas is in Santa Elena, Ecuador, with about 44,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is La Libertad, about 5 km away.
Salinas is a coastal city located in the Province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. It is the seat of the canton that bears its name. The westernmost city on mainland Ecuador, Salinas is an important tourist center. Salinas, Ecuador's largest coastal resort, offers one of the country's best real estate investment markets andRead more
most popular and most upscale beach lifestyle. It was the site of the ISA World Junior Surfing Games Ecuador in 2009. There are two major yacht clubs in Salinas, the first is Salinas Yacht Club, which is smaller than the Puerto Lucia Yacht Club, in Santa Elena, in an area known as 'La Libertad' which, in Spanish means 'The Freedom Town'. Puerto Lucia boasts a hotel, several restaurants, a private beach and apartment buildings, as well as the large marina and port.
It was a small fishing village until June 30, 1929, when it was established as the rural parish of Santa Elena. On December 22, 1937, an official decree was signed by the Commander in Chief, General Alberto Enriquez Gallo and published in Official Gazette No. 52 of December 27 of that year, that elevated the parish to the rank of canton. Its cantonal head is the town of Salinas, and is composed of the rural parishes Ancon, and Jose Luis Tamayo Anconcito (Muey).
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Salinas is in Santa Elena, Ecuador, about 5 km from La Libertad.
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- Population
- 43,862
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Ecuador
- Region
- Santa Elena
- Timezone
- America/Guayaquil
- Coordinates
- -2.2145, -80.9515
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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