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= Welcome to EcuaWiki =
''The Living Guide to Salinas and the Santa Elena Province''
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=== 🌴 About EcuaWiki ===
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'''EcuaWiki''' is a collaborative project dedicated to providing essential information for residents, expats, and travelers in the Santa Elena Province. Founded by [[User:Stephan Kleeblatt|Stephan Kleeblatt]], this resource thrives on community contributions.


* '''Status:''' This is a ''Work in Progress''. Your local knowledge is what makes it grow!
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* '''Support:''' Running a wiki has costs. See [[How to donate]] to help us keep the servers running.


=== 📍 Regional Portals ===
<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:1em; color:rgba(255,255,255,0.72); max-width:620px; line-height:1.7;">A community-run guide to the Santa Elena coast of Ecuador — written by residents, for residents and visitors alike. Choose where you want to go.</div>
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* '''[[Salinas]]''' & '''[[La Libertad]]'''
* '''[[Santa Elena (City)|Santa Elena]]'''
* '''[[Ballenita]]''' & '''[[Punta Blanca]]'''
* '''[[Ancon]]''' & the Southern Coast
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* '''[[Paperwork]]''' & Visas
* '''[[Taxes]]''' & Banking
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<div style="font-size:1.35em; font-weight:bold; color:#003d5c; margin-bottom:10px; line-height:1.2;">[[Portal:Peninsula|The Peninsula]]</div>
<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.88em; color:#6a6a6a; line-height:1.65; margin-bottom:20px;">The westernmost point of mainland Ecuador. Three cities, dozens of fishing villages, eight thousand years of human history, and the most diverse stretch of Pacific coast in the country.</div>
<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.82em; color:#4a4a4a; line-height:2; margin-bottom:22px;">Salinas · La Libertad · Santa Elena<br/>Ballenita · Ancón · Anconcito<br/>Punta Blanca · Baños de San Vicente</div>


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** [[Medical Services in Salinas]]
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<div style="font-size:1.35em; font-weight:bold; color:#003d5c; margin-bottom:10px; line-height:1.2;">[[Portal:Ruta del Spondylus|Ruta del Spondylus]]</div>
<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.88em; color:#6a6a6a; line-height:1.65; margin-bottom:20px;">The coastal highway north of the peninsula. A chain of surf towns, fishing coves, cloud-forest headlands, and some of the most beautiful beaches in Ecuador, running toward Manabí.</div>
<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.82em; color:#4a4a4a; line-height:2; margin-bottom:22px;">Ayangue · Manglaralto · Montañita<br/>Olón · Curia · San José · Ayampe<br/>La Rinconada · Las Tunas</div>


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<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.88em; color:#6a6a6a; line-height:1.65; margin-bottom:20px;">The paperwork, the systems, and the things nobody explains to you when you arrive. Visas, cédulas, banking, internet, medical services — written by people who figured it out the hard way.</div>
<div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:0.82em; color:#4a4a4a; line-height:2; margin-bottom:22px;">Visas · Cédulas · Residency<br/>Banking · Medical Services<br/>Internet · Taxis · Couriers</div>


This wiki was founded and is maintained by Stephan Kleeblatt. Community participation is essential to keeping this resource current and comprehensive. If you would like to donate to keep this site running, please enter the [[how to donate]] page.
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'''EcuaWiki''' is a collaborative documentation project dedicated to providing useful information for people living in, visiting, or relocating to Salinas and the surrounding areas in the Santa Elena Province in Ecuador.
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[[portal:Peninsula]] : Our Main portal with all you need to know to live in Salinas, La Libertad, Santa Elena, Ballenita, Punta Blanca and Ancon
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Latest revision as of 02:21, 26 March 2026


The Living Guide to the Peninsula and Ruta del Spondylus
ECUAWIKI
A community-run guide to the Santa Elena coast of Ecuador — written by residents, for residents and visitors alike. Choose where you want to go.


🌊
Portal
The westernmost point of mainland Ecuador. Three cities, dozens of fishing villages, eight thousand years of human history, and the most diverse stretch of Pacific coast in the country.
Salinas · La Libertad · Santa Elena
Ballenita · Ancón · Anconcito
Punta Blanca · Baños de San Vicente
🏄
Portal
The coastal highway north of the peninsula. A chain of surf towns, fishing coves, cloud-forest headlands, and some of the most beautiful beaches in Ecuador, running toward Manabí.
Ayangue · Manglaralto · Montañita
Olón · Curia · San José · Ayampe
La Rinconada · Las Tunas
📋
Portal
The paperwork, the systems, and the things nobody explains to you when you arrive. Visas, cédulas, banking, internet, medical services — written by people who figured it out the hard way.
Visas · Cédulas · Residency
Banking · Medical Services
Internet · Taxis · Couriers


EcuaWiki — Founded and maintained by Stephan Kleeblatt. Community-contributed · Free · Ad-free · Active.