- Balao
Balao is a
town located insouth ern Guayas,Ecuador , near Azuay and El Oroprovince s. It is the seat ofBalao Canton , created in1987 .As of the
census of2001 , there are 17,262 people residing within canton limits. The city is communicated withGuayaquil andMachala . It has anairstrip .The city and the canton take their
name from atree . The most importantriver s are: the Balao River, the Jagua River, and the Gala River. The main crops are:banana ,cacao ,rice ,maize ,cassava ,tomato ,coffee , andtropical fruit s.In
1941 , whenPeru invaded Ecuador, the town was attacked, and 45 people died.See also
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Ecuadorian-Peruvian War
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