Guayaquil

Guayaquil (), offeecially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the lairgest ceety in Ecuador, wi a metro aurie population exceedin 2.9 million at the end o 2009, as well as that naition's main port. The ceety is the caipital o the Ecuadorian province o Guayas an the seat o the namesake canton.

Guayaquil is locatit on the wastren bank o the Guayas River, which flows intae the Paceefic Ocean at the Gulf o Guayaquil. Acause o its location, the ceety is the centre o Ecuador's business an manufacturin industries.

 Sports 
Thare are twa major soccer clubs; the Barcelona Sporting Club an the Club Sport Emelec. Baith clubs hae thair awn stadiums; the Estadio Monumental Banco del Pichincha is the hame o the "Barcelonistas" while the Estadio George Capwell is the hame o the "Emeleccistas". Thir twa teams hae a lang history o rivalry in Guayaquil an when thir twa teams play against ilk ither the gemme is cried "El Clásico del Astillero". (Emelec is short for "Empresa Electrica del Ecuador" – the team wis sponsored bi the electric pouer company when foondit.)

The ceety is an aa the home o Nicolás Lapentti, a tennis player. The "Abierto de Tenis Ciudad de Guayaquil" is a tennis tournament organised in Guayaquil ivery year bi Andrés Gómez an Luis Morejon in November o ivery year.

Anither major event in the ceety is the Guayaquil Marathon, organised bi DM3, which is held ivery year on the first weekend o October syne 2005. This race is certified bi the (AIMS) Association of International Marathons and Distance Races.

 Sister ceeties 
Guayaquil haes ceety pairtnerships wi the follaein ceeties an/or regions:
  Miami, Florida, USA
  Shanghai, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (2001)
  Santiago, Chile
  Concepción, Chile
  Houston, Texas, USA (1987)
  Genoa, Italy
  Barcelona, Spain
  Bogotá, Colombie
  Haifa, Israel

References

Category:Populatit places in Guayas Province
Category:Populatit coastal places in Ecuador

Category:Guayaquil (canton)
Category:Port ceeties in Ecuador
Category:Provincial caipitals in Ecuador
Category:Populatit places established in 1538