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Atacames

Field	Value
name	Atacames
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	File:Atacames Beach Scene (623207296).jpg
image_caption	Atacames Beach
pushpin_map	Ecuador
map_caption	Location in Ecuador
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Esmeraldas
subdivision_type2	Canton
subdivision_name2	Atacames Canton
area_total_km2	4.8
population_footnotes
population_as_of	2022 census
population_total	18948
population_density_km2	auto

Skyline of the beach line in Tonsupa, Atacames

Atacames is a beach town and surround canton located on Ecuador's Northern Pacific coast. It is located in the province of Esmeraldas, approximately 30 kilometers south west from the capital of that province, which is also called Esmeraldas. In 2022 Atacames town had a population of 18,948, while the canton had 51,204 (in the 2022 census). Atacames has one of the lowest rates of poverty in the province of Esmeraldas (68% in 2005).

During Francisco Pizarro's second conquest in 1526, he landed at Atacames. There he was unable to conquer or invade the land due to the resistance that he found in the local people who were at that time under the Incas.

In the centuries after Spanish conquest, some slave ships came from Africa. In 1553 a ship carrying slaves from Panama to Peru was stranded on Esmeralda, and the 25 slaves on board managed to escape from their captors. http://www.goecuador.com/ecuador-general-info/ecuador-ethnicity8.html In the following years more escaped slaves, along with the descendants of the former slaves, developed some of the lands along the coast. Although there were also other people groups present in Atacames in the 16th century, today Afro-Ecuadoreans make up a large portion of the population in Atacames.

Tourism is Atacames's primary industry. For its population, Atacames has the highest level of hotels in the whole province of Esmeraldas. https://web.archive.org/web/20110710170025/http://www.ecuadorvirtual.com/article.asp?qid=3814&sid=Nuevas%20Ideas It is also easily accessible by bus from Santo Domingo, Quito, and Esmeraldas.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the canton as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:

Mestizo 55.0%
Afro-Ecuadorian 34.2%
White 7.9%
Montubio 2.1%
Indigenous 0.4%
Other 0.4%

Surfing in Atacames & Ecuador

People travel from all over the world to enjoy Surfing in Ecuador. Playas beach also offers a wonderful climate all year round for Surfing. It is important to note that Sharks may be a hazard at this break. Salinas, Ecuador, was the site of the ISA World Junior Surfing Games Ecuador in 2009.

Cuisine

The food served in Atacames is typical for much of the coastal regions of Ecuador. Meals will often consist of shrimp, crab, lobster, and fish. Several of the citizens in Atacames fish, and thus much of the food that is served is fresh. In Atacames you can typically find delicious ceviches, encocados and all sorts of seafood and, as is typical in most of Ecuador, rice is generally served with the meal. A wide variety of fruit juices are also served, though beer (particularly Pilsener), water, and carbonated beverages are also common. Vegetables, which are generally grown in the highlands of Ecuador, are often missing from the regular diet due to their higher price.

Transportation in Atacames

Although only a small town, Atacames has several taxi services. Only one of these actually involves vehicular transport as the rest of the taxi services rely on bikes that are either gas or manually powered.

References

Bibliography

www.inec.gov.ec (Spanish)

References

[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/towns/esmeraldas/080650__atacames/ Citypopulation.de] Population and area of Atacames
Prescott, W. H., 2011, ''The History of the Conquest of Peru'', Digireads.com Publishing, {{ISBN. 9781420941142
[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ecuador/admin/esmeraldas/0806__atacames/ Citypopulation.de] Population and area of Atacames Canton
"Resultados".

Wikipedia Source

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