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Manabi has the best beaches of Ecuador. In the small fishingvillages of Manabi you can relax, enjoy the tranquillity and eat amazing seafood. So far there are just a few places along the coast accommodating tourists. Slowly other small fishing villages are starting to welcome travellers into their lives and showing them the great lifestyle normal to fishing villages.

Facts and figures

Borders:
In the north Manabi borders to Esmeraldas, west to the Pacific Ocean, south to Guayas and east to Guayas, Los Rios and Pichincha.

Population:
1.300.000

Capital:
Porto Viejo

Crucita
Type of destinationCommunity

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Jaramijo
Type of destinationCommunity

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Type of destinationCity

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Montecristi
Type of destinationSmall town