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Santiago de Guayaquil, or just Guayaquil, is the most populous and largest city in Ecuador, as well as that nation's main sea port city. Guayaquil is on the right margin of the Guayas River, which flows into the Gulf of Guayaquil in the Pacific Ocean.
Guayaquil is the capital of the Ecuadorian province of Guayas and the seat of the namesake canton. (In Ecuador, a cantón (canton) is a second-order subnational entity below a first-order province.
Guayaquil serves as the Metropolitan see to the Roman Catholic province of the Archdiocese of Guayaquil. Her cathedral San Pedro is the motherchurch to the Catholics of the region, who in 2005 comprised about 94% of the population of Guayaquil. There are also many religious buildings of several other denominations, including an Anglican Communion see and a Mormon temple. There is also an Islamic Centre.
The city is the center of Ecuador's fishing and manufacturing industries.
Main Attractions of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Guayas River, Gulf of Guayaquil, Universidad de Guayaquil, Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral.
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