Atacames
Sign in to savethumb|259px|Skyline of the beach line in Tonsupa, Atacames Atacames is a beach town and surround canton located on Ecuador's Northern Pacific coast. It is located in the province of Esmeraldas, approximately 30 kilometers south west from the capital of that province, which is also called Esmeraldas. In 2022 Atacames town had a population of 18,948, while the canton had 51,204 (in the 2022 census). Atacames has one of the lowest rates of poverty in the province of Esmeraldas (68% in 2005).
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Atacames
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Canton
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ecuador - Same - Esmeraldas - 010.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Same, located at the Pacific Ocean in Canton Atacames
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ecuador
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Esmeraldas Province in Ecuador.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Esmeraldas Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Capital
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Atacames Canton
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 510.5
Key dates
- Inception
- 1543
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Santa Rosa de Atacames
- Demonym
- Atacameño/a
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Atacames Canton
- Population
- +18948
- Elevation
- +6
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Capital of
- Atacames Canton
- Official website
- www.municipiodeatacames.gob.ec
- Image
- Atacames Beach, Ecuador -1- (361306423).jpg
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- Surfing in Atacames & Ecuador
- Cuisine
- Transportation in Atacames
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|259px|Skyline of the beach line in Tonsupa, Atacames Atacames is a beach town and surround canton located on Ecuador's Northern Pacific coast. It is located in the province of Esmeraldas, approximately 30 kilometers south west from the capital of that province, which is also called Esmeraldas. In 2022 Atacames town had a population of 18,948, while the canton had 51,204 (in the 2022 census). Atacames has one of the lowest rates of poverty in the province of Esmeraldas (68% in 2005).
During Francisco Pizarro's second conquest in 1526, he landed at Atacames. There he was unable to conquer or invade the land due to the resistance that he found in the local people who were at that time under the Incas.