Following the examples of Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca, a group of Zaruman patriots supported by Cuencan intellectuals declared their independence despite the fierce opposition of the government of Loja.

After the capture and execution of the Inca Atahualpa at Cajamarca, Francisco Pizarro had sent Belalcázar to take possession of Guayaquil and Quito on his behalf, but Cali, being beyond the Quechua empire, was claimed by Belalcazar as his own territory.

During the viceroyalty of Peru the La Libertad region area with existing Lambayeque, Piura and Tumbes in Peru along with the capital of Guayas, Guayaquil and El Oro in Ecuador all was called the Intendencia de Trujillo for being the domain of the city of Trujillo, then was called Departamento de Trujillo and finally after joining the emancipation cause, and be the first to get its independence from Spain, and demonstrate their gallant and patriotic spirit, in 1825 congress of Peruvian republic changed the name to Departmento de la Libertad.

In 1990 Daniel Passarella is named coach, winning the 1989-90 tournament and reaching the Copa Libertadores semi-finals, being eliminated against Barcelona de Guayaquil.

" His prowess in battle was awarded by a promotion to colonel, and he became governor of a number of provinces in the southwest of the country ( Buenaventura, Guayaquil, Cauca ), at the same time raising among the ranks, and being promoted to general in 1829.

In view that the mission was not accomplished, moves to Guayaquil in March, 1829, working as member of the State Council, being one of the negotiators and signatories of the Peace Treaty after the Greater Colombia – Peru War, which ended on 28 February 1829.

After leaving Constitution, La Vallette held a series of routine assignments, before being ordered to take the sloop-of-war to Guayaquil, Ecuador, to protect the United States interests during a revolution.

The best ever success for Audaz came about in the 1987-season being its president Teofilo Oyola Cevallos, when they finished 3rd in the Ecuadorian league, only losing out to Barcelona ( Guayaquil ) and Filanbanco ( Milagro, Guayas ).

In 1812 occurred the great fire of Guayaquil that destroyed half the city.

In 1812 and 1813 occurred the great fire of Guayaquil that destroyed half the city, a hurricane in Lima that uprooted trees in the Alameda, and earthquakes in Ica and Piura.

Guayaquil also became the largest shipbuilding center on the west coast of South America before the end of the colonial period.

The Ecuadorean Congress then met in an emergency session in Guayaquil on the same day, January 22, and ratified Noboa as President of the Republic in constitutional succession to Mahuad.

He was granted land at Puerto Viejo, on the coast of Ecuador, and had founded Guayaquil, of which he was governor.

Guayaquil is located on the western bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Guayaquil.

Guayaquil was founded on July 25, 1538 with the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil ( Most Noble and Most Loyal City of St. James of Guayaquil ) by Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana.

It is on the Guayas River about 40 miles ( 64 km ) north of the Gulf of Guayaquil, near the Equator.

Guayaquil was founded on August 14, 1534 ( its foundation is celebrated on July 25 ).

The city became free on October 9, 1820, and the Guayaquil Department ( one of the original subdivisions of Ecuador ) was founded soon afterwards.

It consisted on the Manabí Province, and the Guayaquil Province, which was later renamed Guayas.

He was captured near Guayaquil and sent to Quito on the railroad he had constructed.

Lord Cochrane, in command of the newly created Chilean Navy, unsuccessfully attacked Guayaquil and El Callao, but on 4 February he captured Valdivia, called at the time The Key of the South Seas and the Gibraltar of the Pacific, due to its huge fortifications.

Latacunga stands on the old road between Guayaquil and Quito and has a railway station between those cities.

It is the capital of the El Oro Province and located near the Gulf of Guayaquil on fertile lowlands.

Gabriel García Moreno, upon assuming power two days after the Battle of Guayaquil in September 1860, the yellow, blue and red triband was returned to use ; its reinstatement on September 26 is commemorated during Ecuador's national flag day.

< td width =" 250 " height =" 65 " bgcolor ="# f6f6f6 "> Gabriel García Moreno, upon assuming power two days after the Battle of Guayaquil, reinstated the tricolor flag of Greater Colombia on September 26, 1860.

He met with Bolívar at Guayaquil, and on July 26, 1822, they had confidential talks to plan the future of Latin America.

Bolívar and San Martín held a meeting in Guayaquil on July 26 and 27, 1822, in which they discussed plans to liberate Peru and it was decided that Bolívar and Gran Colombia would take over the task of fully liberating Peru.

The second best on 2011 All the domestics flight going from the Ecuadorean main land into the Galapagos Islands do make an stop in Guayaquil to refuel and pick up passengers due to its location, is the closest point from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands

After leaving Juan Fernandez on 14 February 1709, the expedition captured and looted a number of small vessels, and launched an attack on the town of Guayaquil, today located in Ecuador.

Ecuadorians often describe the country as a series of " micro-environments " and economic-cultural regions that are reflected in the country's cultural and geographic diversity of coastal fishing and trade ( with Guayaquil as a port ), highland Quichua-speaking peoples ( with Quito as a center, and the Amazon or jungle region, with several indigenous populations continually facing intrusions by " colonos " ( colonists ) seeking to use land for farming including palm oil, or for oil and resource exploitation.

They cite Manila, Guayaquil in Ecuador, Bucharest, several cities in Colombia and Morocco, as well as Côte d ' Ivoire and Senegal as success stories.

Benalcázar had also founded the city of Guayaquil in 1533, but it had subsequently been retaken by the local Huancavilca tribesmen.

The second chapter in Ecuador's struggle for emancipation from Spanish colonial rule began in Guayaquil, where independence was proclaimed in October 1820 by a local patriotic junta under the leadership of the poet José Joaquín de Olmedo.

Unlike the hapless Quito junta of a decade earlier, the Guayaquil patriots were able to appeal to foreign allies, Argentina and Gran Colombia, each of whom soon responded by sending sizable contingents to Ecuador.

Discontent had become nationwide by 1845, when an insurrection in Guayaquil forced Flores from the country.

Sadly Alfaro too was confronted a dissident tendency inside its own party, directed by its General Leonidas Plaza and constituted by the upper middle class of Guayaquil.

* 1538 – The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.

It was designed by Jose Rodriguez Lavandera, who successfully crossed the Guayas River in Guayaquil accompanied by Jose Quevedo.

* September 24 – Battle of Guayaquil: Ecuadorian forces led by Juan José Flores and Gabriel García Moreno take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief Guillermo Franco, who is backed by Peruvian forces.

* Barcelona SC, a football club founded by a Catalan in Guayaquil, Ecuador

After the victory over Almagro's men, he was appointed governor of La Culata and re-established the town of Guayaquil, previously founded by Pizarro and repopulated by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

In 1600 Guayaquil had a population of about 2, 000 people ; by 1700 the city had a population of over 10, 000.

In 1687, Guayaquil was attacked and looted by English and French pirates under the command of George d ' Hout ( English ) and Picard and Groniet ( Frenchmen ).