Santa Elena (City) - Revision history

Este-fan: Engagement design: header, Did-you-know card, Keep-exploring cards and Up-next banner

2026-10-22T07:17:28Z

Engagement design: header, Did-you-know card, Keep-exploring cards and Up-next banner

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	For residents of the peninsula, Santa Elena city is where formal paperwork — birth certificates, property records, court appearances, IESS claims, tax filings — gets resolved. It is less commercially lively than La Libertad but more institutionally dense.		For residents of the peninsula, Santa Elena city is where formal paperwork — birth certificates, property records, court appearances, IESS claims, tax filings — gets resolved. It is less commercially lively than La Libertad but more institutionally dense.


			{{EW dyk\|emoji=🌊\|…a colony of sea lions lives all year at La Lobería in Salinas?\|page=Playa de La FAE - La Loberia (Salinas)\|cta=Visit the sea lions →}}

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Este-fan: Punta Blanca beach is about 1.3 km long (PDOT Santa Elena)

2026-10-22T06:03:28Z

Punta Blanca beach is about 1.3 km long (PDOT Santa Elena)

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	<div style="font-weight:bold; font-size:0.95em; color:#003d5c; margin-bottom:3px;">[[Punta Blanca]]</div>		<div style="font-weight:bold; font-size:0.95em; color:#003d5c; margin-bottom:3px;">[[Punta Blanca]]</div>
	<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.78em; color:#8a8a8a; line-height:1.5;">3.7 km white-cliff beach · Surf (Espigón break) · Informal camping · Manta rays</div>		<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.78em; color:#8a8a8a; line-height:1.5;">1.3 km white-cliff beach · Surf (Espigón break) · Informal camping · Manta rays</div>
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	<div style="font-weight:bold; font-size:0.95em; color:#003d5c; margin-bottom:3px;">[[Chanduy]]</div>		<div style="font-weight:bold; font-size:0.95em; color:#003d5c; margin-bottom:3px;">[[Chanduy]]</div>
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	<div style="font-weight:bold; font-size:0.88em; color:#003d5c;">[[Punta Blanca]]</div>		<div style="font-weight:bold; font-size:0.88em; color:#003d5c;">[[Punta Blanca]]</div>
	<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.78em; color:#6a6a6a; margin-top:2px;">The canton's most dramatic beach — white cliffs, 3.7 km of sand, almost no one there on weekdays.</div>		<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.78em; color:#6a6a6a; margin-top:2px;">The canton's most dramatic beach — white cliffs, 1.3 km of sand, almost no one there on weekdays.</div>
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Este-fan: Punta Blanca: on every Ruta del Spondylus bus route, north of Ballenita

2026-10-22T05:55:18Z

Punta Blanca: on every Ruta del Spondylus bus route, north of Ballenita

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	Within the city, taxis are the standard way to get around. The city centre is compact and walkable for short distances, but the UPSE campus, the Amantes de Sumpa museum, and the provincial government buildings are spread out enough that a taxi is practical for visitors covering multiple stops.		Within the city, taxis are the standard way to get around. The city centre is compact and walkable for short distances, but the UPSE campus, the Amantes de Sumpa museum, and the provincial government buildings are spread out enough that a taxi is practical for visitors covering multiple stops.

	For the canton's coastal and interior parishes, transport is less frequent — ~~taxis or private vehicles are necessary for~~ Punta Blanca, Chanduy, Baños de San Vicente, and Colonche.		For the canton's coastal and interior parishes, transport is less frequent — Punta Blanca is on every Ruta del Spondylus bus route, and Chanduy has its own bus (Cooperativa San Agustín) from [[Terminal Terrestre Regional Sumpa (Santa Elena)\|Terminal Sumpa]]; for Baños de San Vicente and Colonche a taxi is often easier.

	See '''[[Understanding Public Transportation in La Peninsula\|Public Transportation]]''' and '''[[Taxis and Taxi Apps\|Taxis & Apps]]'''.		See '''[[Understanding Public Transportation in La Peninsula\|Public Transportation]]''' and '''[[Taxis and Taxi Apps\|Taxis & Apps]]'''.

Este-fan: Move link box next to the infrastructure callout

2026-10-22T05:40:44Z

Move link box next to the infrastructure callout

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	<div style="margin:24px 0; padding:14px 18px; background:#eef6fb; border-left:4px solid #0093c4; border-radius:6px;">💡 '''Ever wondered how the peninsula works?''' Where the tap water comes from, where the rubbish goes and who keeps the lights on — it's all in [[How the Peninsula Works]]. Details: [[Water Supply on the Peninsula\|water]], [[Sewage and Wastewater on the Peninsula\|sewage]], [[Rubbish and Recycling on the Peninsula\|rubbish]], [[Electricity on the Peninsula\|electricity]], [[Oil Industry on the Peninsula\|oil]].</div>		<div style="margin:24px 0; padding:14px 18px; background:#eef6fb; border-left:4px solid #0093c4; border-radius:6px;">💡 '''Ever wondered how the peninsula works?''' Where the tap water comes from, where the rubbish goes and who keeps the lights on — it's all in [[How the Peninsula Works]]. Details: [[Water Supply on the Peninsula\|water]], [[Sewage and Wastewater on the Peninsula\|sewage]], [[Rubbish and Recycling on the Peninsula\|rubbish]], [[Electricity on the Peninsula\|electricity]], [[Oil Industry on the Peninsula\|oil]].</div>
			<div style="margin:24px 0; padding:14px 18px; background:#eef6fb; border-left:4px solid #0093c4; border-radius:6px;">'''Good to know:''' how this canton compares with its neighbours in [[Santa Elena Province in Numbers]], and seasonal rain, tsunami zones and fires in [[Natural Hazards on the Peninsula]].</div>

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	<div style="margin:24px 0; padding:14px 18px; background:#eef6fb; border-left:4px solid #0093c4; border-radius:6px;">'''Good to know:''' how this canton compares with its neighbours in [[Santa Elena Province in Numbers]], and seasonal rain, tsunami zones and fires in [[Natural Hazards on the Peninsula]].</div>

	[[Category:Cantons]]		[[Category:Cantons]]

Este-fan: Links to new province pages

2026-10-22T05:38:33Z

Links to new province pages

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			<div style="margin:24px 0; padding:14px 18px; background:#eef6fb; border-left:4px solid #0093c4; border-radius:6px;">'''Good to know:''' how this canton compares with its neighbours in [[Santa Elena Province in Numbers]], and seasonal rain, tsunami zones and fires in [[Natural Hazards on the Peninsula]].</div>

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Este-fan: Add More History and Museums & Heritage from the PDOT cantón Santa Elena

2026-10-22T05:35:34Z

Add More History and Museums & Heritage from the PDOT cantón Santa Elena

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			* '''1824:''' Gran Colombia's territorial law creates the canton of "Punta de Santa Elena".
			* '''15 March 1833:''' the district seat moves from El Morro to Santa Elena.
			* '''22 January 1839:''' Santa Elena becomes a canton of Guayas province.
			* '''19 September 1896:''' after a three-year drought, President Eloy Alfaro exempts the canton from taxes.
			* '''1911:''' Ecuador's first oil well is drilled at Ancón; the English company Anglo Ecuadorian Oilfields follows in the 1920s — see [[Oil Industry on the Peninsula]].
			* '''7 November 2007:''' Santa Elena Province is created and the city becomes its capital.

			''Source: PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027 (pp. 15–16).''


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	For residents of the peninsula, Santa Elena city is where formal paperwork — birth certificates, property records, court appearances, IESS claims, tax filings — gets resolved. It is less commercially lively than La Libertad but more institutionally dense.		For residents of the peninsula, Santa Elena city is where formal paperwork — birth certificates, property records, court appearances, IESS claims, tax filings — gets resolved. It is less commercially lively than La Libertad but more institutionally dense.


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			* '''[[Amantes de Sumpa\|Museo Los Amantes de Sumpa]]''' — free; the Las Vegas-culture burial of two embracing skeletons, a traditional house and clay oven, and craft demonstrations (cotton weaving, paja toquilla, metal casting).
			* '''Museo y Biblioteca Municipal Vicente Rocafuerte''' — in the municipal building; free, popular with school groups.
			* '''Iglesia Matriz Emperatriz de Santa Elena''' — the main church.
			* '''Nearby in the canton:''' the [[Valdivia]] museum, the [[Real Alto]] village site, the [[San Biritute]] monolith, the Los Ceibitos monoliths at Las Balsas, the English oil town of [[Ancon\|Ancón]], and Atahualpa, the "capital del mueble" (furniture).
			* '''Festivals:''' cantonization and parish fiestas, the ''Mesa de Muertos'' tradition, Ballenita's ''Baño de la Cruz'', Colonche's Fiesta del Señor de las Aguas and the San Pedro pilgrimage in Manglaralto.

			''Source: PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027 (pp. 186–196, 221).''

Este-fan: Link How the Peninsula Works and the new infrastructure pages

2026-10-22T05:23:56Z

Link How the Peninsula Works and the new infrastructure pages

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			<div style="margin:24px 0; padding:14px 18px; background:#eef6fb; border-left:4px solid #0093c4; border-radius:6px;">💡 '''Ever wondered how the peninsula works?''' Where the tap water comes from, where the rubbish goes and who keeps the lights on — it's all in [[How the Peninsula Works]]. Details: [[Water Supply on the Peninsula\|water]], [[Sewage and Wastewater on the Peninsula\|sewage]], [[Rubbish and Recycling on the Peninsula\|rubbish]], [[Electricity on the Peninsula\|electricity]], [[Oil Industry on the Peninsula\|oil]].</div>

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Este-fan: Rubbish fee now on the water bill

2026-10-22T05:15:13Z

Rubbish fee now on the water bill

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	* '''Water:''' supplied by [[Government Entities\|Aguapen EP]], the three cantons' joint water company, from the Daule River transfer and the Atahualpa treatment plant. 89.1% of homes are connected (2022), but supply is intermittent where the network ends; coverage ranges from 75% of the city's area down to 45% in Punta Blanca and 30% in Villingota. Most north-coast comunas pump their own groundwater through community water boards.		* '''Water:''' supplied by [[Government Entities\|Aguapen EP]], the three cantons' joint water company, from the Daule River transfer and the Atahualpa treatment plant. 89.1% of homes are connected (2022), but supply is intermittent where the network ends; coverage ranges from 75% of the city's area down to 45% in Punta Blanca and 30% in Villingota. Most north-coast comunas pump their own groundwater through community water boards.
	* '''Sewerage:''' only '''32.2%''' of homes are on a sewer (2022). The city and Ballenita drain to oxidation lagoons. Montañita's treatment plant, the canton's first, has been under construction since 2021 and has been repeatedly delayed.		* '''Sewerage:''' only '''32.2%''' of homes are on a sewer (2022). The city and Ballenita drain to oxidation lagoons. Montañita's treatment plant, the canton's first, has been under construction since 2021 and has been repeatedly delayed.
	* '''Rubbish:''' collected by the municipal company EMASA EP — about 130 tonnes a day, 95% coverage in the city. It goes to two open dumps: at km 3½ of the Guayaquil road (city, Atahualpa, Ancón, Simón Bolívar) and north-east of Palmar (Manglaralto and Colonche).		* '''Rubbish:''' collected by the municipal company EMASA EP — about 130 tonnes a day, 95% coverage in the city. It goes to two open dumps: at km 3½ of the Guayaquil road (city, Atahualpa, Ancón, Simón Bolívar) and north-east of Palmar (Manglaralto and Colonche). The collection fee is charged on the water bill.
	* '''Electricity:''' CELEC's thermal plants 2 and 3 in Sector 14 (132 MW installed) feed the national grid; the whole province uses only 35–45 MW. CNEL EP distributes and bills; 93.8% of homes are connected.		* '''Electricity:''' CELEC's thermal plants 2 and 3 in Sector 14 (132 MW installed) feed the national grid; the whole province uses only 35–45 MW. CNEL EP distributes and bills; 93.8% of homes are connected.
	* '''Street names:''' most streets in the city and the comunas have no official names — give drivers a landmark.		* '''Street names:''' most streets in the city and the comunas have no official names — give drivers a landmark.

Este-fan: Add canton figures, parishes, government, services and economy from the PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027; population 186,687 (INEC 2022); Las Vegas culture from 8000 BC

2026-10-22T02:46:19Z

Add canton figures, parishes, government, services and economy from the PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027; population 186,687 (INEC 2022); Las Vegas culture from 8000 BC

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 <div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.88em; color:#4a4a4a; line-height:1.55;">The '''[[Las Vegas culture]]''' — Ecuador's earliest documented human settlement — flourishes in and around what is now Santa Elena canton. A semi-sedentary society dependent on fishing, hunting, and gathering, they left behind the Sumpa cemetery: over 200 burials, including the famous '''[[Amantes de Sumpa]]''', a couple interred face-to-face in an embrace that has been preserved for eight millennia. This is the first known culture in Ecuador, predating the Valdivia ceramic culture by several thousand years.</div>
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-Santa Elena canton is the largest of the three by area — it extends well inland from the coast and includes a number of rural communities and coastal parishes beyond the city itself. The canton borders La Libertad and Salinas to the west, and the provinces of Guayas and Manabí further inland and to the north.
+Santa Elena canton is the largest of the three by area — 3,669 km², about 97% of the province — it extends well inland from the coast and includes a number of rural communities and coastal parishes beyond the city itself. The canton borders La Libertad and Salinas to the west, and the provinces of Guayas and Manabí further inland and to the north.
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-Built without a primary PDOT source. If you live or work in Santa Elena, your local knowledge is what this page needs.
+Sources: PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027 and INEC Censo 2022. If you live or work in Santa Elena, your local knowledge is what this page needs.
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Este-fan: Fix provincialization date: 7 November 2007 (Registro Oficial No. 206), not 7 October. Source: PDOT cantón Santa Elena p.16

2026-10-22T02:44:56Z

Fix provincialization date: 7 November 2007 (Registro Oficial No. 206), not 7 October. Source: PDOT cantón Santa Elena p.16

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	<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.75em; font-weight:bold; color:#1d6b40; letter-spacing:1px; text-transform:uppercase; margin-bottom:2px;">7 ~~October~~ 2007</div>		<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.75em; font-weight:bold; color:#1d6b40; letter-spacing:1px; text-transform:uppercase; margin-bottom:2px;">7 November 2007</div>
	<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.88em; color:#4a4a4a; line-height:1.55;">Santa Elena Province is created ~~by presidential decree~~, separating from Guayas Province. Santa Elena city becomes the provincial capital. '''7 ~~October~~''' is celebrated as '''[[Santa Elena Provincialization Day]]''' — the province's most important civic holiday.</div>		<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.88em; color:#4a4a4a; line-height:1.55;">Santa Elena Province is created, separating from Guayas Province (law published in Registro Oficial No. 206). Santa Elena city becomes the provincial capital. '''7 November''' is celebrated as '''[[Santa Elena Provincialization Day]]''' — the province's most important civic holiday.</div>
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