MANABI, CULTURE, MOUNTAINS AND FOOD MARKET

The province of Manabi is located in central Ecuador, in the center of the world. Covers approximately 18,878 square kilometers to the west and the Pacific Ocean. It has 350 kilometers of beach and through the parallel 0 to the north. Its population is close to 1,180,335 inhabitants. It has a pleasant climate, including dry subtropical and tropical humid, with 25 degrees centigrade average per year.

In the years 500 to 3500 A. C., this land is developed in several phases of an advanced culture, and its highest representatives cultures of Valdivia, Chorrera, Jama-Coaque, Bahia and maintain.
This is a traditional fishing ground and it is not limited to the collection of fishing, but also everything that has to do with it. In fact, in the tiny village at the foot of the sea is possible to appreciate the carpenters working on the boats that will later serve to transport the product of long hours in search of the desired products of the sea, the sale of financially supports the people of this area .
But this province legendary for its beautiful beaches, the most beautiful of Ecuador is rich in history and a glorious past. Manabi is history, is the birthplace of illustrious and heroic, it’s strength and progress.
Manabi is also handicrafts, gastronomy tradition, religious fervor, excitement and beauty.
Manabi is a pole of development of high potential. Is an exporting province shrimp, bananas. coffee, cotton, among other products and investment opportunities are unbeatable.
Artisanal fishing is an important economic line in Manabi. In the graph, desviceradores fish from the sand village in the parish of Portoviejo Crucita hard at work.
Saying nature, ie Manabi. The seascapes of the south of the province are the most impressive.