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.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Machala (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 288,072 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -3.266667, longitude -79.966667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 6 m
P2046 (area)
area 59.93 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1573
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 288072 (2022)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Machala - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3654533
-3.25886 -79.95876 P PPLA EC 08 0701 070150 289141 16 America/Guayaquil
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 16 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -3.25, -79.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -3.25, -79.75
-3.25 -79.75 Aw
Machala (Wikipedia)
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Machala (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈtʃala]) is a city in south-west Ecuador.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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