Sacachún
🗿 Sacachún
Home of San Biritute, the rain-bringing stone giant — the largest pre-Columbian human figure found in Ecuador.
Sacachún is an inland comuna of Simón Bolívar parish in the dry hills east of Santa Elena city. It is home to San Biritute, a Huancavilca stone monolith revered as a god of fertility and water.
| At a glance | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Simón Bolívar (seat: Julio Moreno), Santa Elena canton |
| Highlight | San Biritute monolith — free, looked after by the comuna |
| Festival | Retorno de San Biritute, every July |
| Water | About 60% on Aguapen's piped network (2023) |
| Bus | Cía. Transrincpen from Terminal Sumpa (window 7): 06:00, 11:00, 13:00 and 18:00 |
San Biritute
San Biritute is the largest pre-Columbian human figure found in Ecuador. Local people credit him with bringing the rain, and every July the comuna celebrates the Retorno de San Biritute. See San Biritute.
See also
Sources: PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027 (pp. 104, 191–196); Terminal Sumpa window signs (EcuaWiki).
Keep exploring
You might also like
🏺
San Biritute is a pre-Columbian stone monolith in the comuna of Sacachún, Simón Bolívar (Julio Moreno) parish,…
🍑
Seat of Simón Bolívar parish: dry hills, plum orchards and the road to San Biritute.
🏺
A 9,000-year-old embrace. The oldest documented cemetery in the Americas — and the most human story on the…
🏺
Valdivia is a fishing comuna on the Ruta del Spondylus in Manglaralto parish, Santa Elena canton.
🏺
Up next
San Biritute is a pre-Columbian stone monolith in the comuna of Sacachún, Simón Bolívar (Julio Moreno) parish,…
🏗️ Know something we've missed?
Add it — it takes five minutes, and the next reader will thank you.