- Bahía de Caráquez
Infobox Settlement
name = Bahía de Caráquez
official_name =
settlement_type = City
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Ecuador
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Manabí
subdivision_type2 = Canton
subdivision_name2 = Sucre
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Dr. Carlos Gustavo Mendoza Rodríguez
population_note = Includes Leonidas Plaza
established_title = Founded
established_date = March 1624
founder = José de Larrazábal
population_total = 24963
population_urban = 19703
timezone = ECT
utc_offset = -5
website = http://www.bahiadecaraquez.comBahía de Caráquez is a resort city in
Ecuador . Located in a sandy peninsula on the country's western coast, it has seen significant development during the last 15 to 20 years. It is popular for its beauty and relative closeness to the cities ofQuito andGuayaquil .Bahia de Caraquez became an
Ecocity on February 23, 1999 due to the devastation caused by two natural disasters in 1997 and 1998. The city features the world's first certified-organic shrimp farm.External links
* [http://www.bahiadecaraquez.com/ Bahia de Caráquez municipality]
* [http://www.bahiadecaraquez.net/ Official Bahia de Caráquez tourism information]
* [http://elnuevoglobo.com/ Bahia's Newspaper]
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