Manta
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/32386
- Note
- "Manta is a mid-sized city in Manabí Province, Ecuador. It is the most populous city in the province, the fifth most populous in the country. Manta has existed since Pre-Columbian times. It was a trading post for the Mantas. According to the 2001 census, the city had 192,322 inhabitants. Its main economic activity is tuna fishing. Other economic activities include tourism and a chemical industry with products from cleaning supplies to oils and margarine.
Manta possesses the largest seaport in Ecuador. The port was used by Charles Marie de La Condamine upon his arrival in Ecuador when leading the French mission to measure the location of the equator in 1735. From Manta, Condamine started his trip inland towards Quito." - (en.wikipedia.org 07.02.2020) - Latitude
- -0.95002222061157
- Longitude
- -80.716201782227
- Inhabitants
- 183,166
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