Machala

Machala is a port city in southwestern Ecuador and the capital of El Oro Province, on fertile lowlands near the Gulf of Guayaquil. It is Ecuador's sixth largest city, with a population of about 288,072 at the 2022 census, and is known as the Banana Capital of the World for its role in the country's banana export trade. Founded in 1573, it functions as the country's second most important port city after Guayaquil. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/