Huaquillas
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Place details
- Locality
- Huaquillas
- Region
- El Oro
- Country
- Ecuador
- Population
- 39,757
- Timezone
- America/Guayaquil
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Huaquillas
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.total_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Huaquillas-Centro.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Downtown of Huaquillas
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Huaquillas.svg
- Settlement.motto
- (Sentinel without relief)
- Settlement.nickname
- (Huaquillas, binational city)
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ecuador
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location in Ecuador
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Provinces
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- El Oro
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Canton
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Huaquillas
- Settlement.parts_type
- Subdivisions
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Official name
- Huaquillas
- Demonym
- Huaquillense
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Huaquillas Canton
- Population
- 56021
- Elevation
- 11
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Official website
- www.huaquillas.gob.ec
- Image
- Bienvenida Huaquillas.jpg
- Dialing code
- 593 7
- Patron saint
- Virgin of Mercy
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- Commons category
- Huaquillas
- office held by head of government
- mayor
- postal code
- EC070750
- P12749
- Katsuko Saruhashi
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Encyclopedic overview
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Huaquillas () is a border town in western El Oro, Ecuador. It is the canton seat of the Huaquillas Canton.
Huaquillas is located on the border with Peru. An international bridge that goes over the Zarumilla River connects it with the Peruvian town of Aguas Verdes. Both towns have an intense commercial life and many formal, as well as informal street sellers that sell goods both in US dollars, the only currency in Ecuador, and in Peruvian soles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huaquillas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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