Salinas, Ecuador

Salinas is a coastal ceety locatit in the Province o Santa Elena in Ecuador. It is the seat o the canton that bears its name. The wastrenmaist ceety on mainland Ecuador, Salinas is an important tourist center. Recently, Salinas wis the centre o controversy durin the contentious "mair fun, less sun," debate.  It is the site o the ISA Warld Junior Surfing Gemmes Ecuador 2009. Thare are twa major yacht clubs in Salinas, the first is Salinas Yacht Club, which is a guid bit smawer than the impressive Puerto Lucia Yacht Club, in Santa Elena, in an aurie kent as 'La Libertad' which, in Spainyie means; 'The Freedom Toun'. Puerto Lucia boasts a hotel, several guid places tae eat, a private beach an apairtment block biggins, as well as the lairge marina an port, it wis developed bi Ricardo Palau.

Poleetical diveesion
Salinas is dividit intae fower urban parishes. Thay are:

Alberto Enriquez Gallo
Carlos Espinoza Larrea
Santa Rosa
Vicente Rocafuerte

Economy
The economy o Salinas is lairgely tourist based. Wi an average year-roond temperature o 27 °C (80 °F) an its location on the Paceefic Ocean, the beaches o Salinas are a popular resort destination in Ecuador. Beaches near Salinas include San Lorenzo, Las Palmeras, Chipipe, Mar Bravo, an Punta Carnero. Popular tourist activities in Salinas include gemme fishin, wake-boardin, watter skiin, yachtin, sky divin, an layin on the beach. The ceety affers a nummer o restaurants an cafes on its boardwalk, as well as airtisan crafts mercats. A smaw naval archeological museum wi airtifacts frae pre-Columbian Ecuador is an aa in Salinas.

References
 www.inec.gov.ec 

Freemit airtins
 Salinas Ecuador Area Road Map

Category:Populatit places in Santa Elena Province
Category:Beaches o Ecuador