Santa Elena

Santa Elena is a town in southwestern , and is the capital of both the and the of the same name. Santa Elena, originally called Sumpa, is located on the Ecuadorian peninsula near the city of .
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  • Type: Town with 26,600 residents
  • Description: city in Ecuador, capital of the Santa Elena Province
  • Also known as: Santa Elena (Ecuador)”, “Santa Elena Ecuador”, and “Santa Elena, Ecuador

Santa Elena

Latitude
-2.22701° or 2° 13′ 37″ south
Longitude
-80.8577° or 80° 51′ 28″ west
Population
26,600
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
United Nations Location Code
EC SEL
Open location code
669XQ4FR+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249598712
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3651438
Wiki­data ID
Q135864
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Santa Elena” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Afrikaans: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Afrikaans: Santa Elena
  • Arabic: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Arabic: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Arabic: Santa Elena
  • Arabic: سانتا إيلينا
  • Asturian: Santa Elena
  • Bengali: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Bengali: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Bengali: Santa Elena
  • Bengali: সান্তা এলেনা
  • Catalan: Santa Elena (Equador)
  • Catalan: Santa Elena, Equador
  • Catalan: Santa Elena
  • Cebuano: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Cebuano: Santa Elena (kapital sa lalawigan)
  • Cebuano: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Cebuano: Santa Elena
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Santa Elena
  • Chinese: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Chinese: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Chinese: Santa Elena
  • Chinese: 圣埃伦娜
  • Chinese: 聖埃倫娜
  • Danish: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Danish: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Danish: Santa Elena
  • Dutch: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Dutch: Santa Elena (stad)
  • Dutch: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Dutch: Santa Elena
  • Egyptian Arabic: سانتا ايلينا
  • Esperanto: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Esperanto: Santa Elena Ecuador
  • Esperanto: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Esperanto: Santa Elena
  • Finnish: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Finnish: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Finnish: Santa Elena
  • French: Santa Elena (Équateur)
  • French: Santa Elena Équateur
  • French: Santa Elena, Équateur
  • French: Santa Elena
  • Galician: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Galician: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Galician: Santa Elena
  • German: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • German: Santa Elena Ecuador
  • German: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • German: Santa Elena
  • Greek: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Greek: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Greek: Σάντα Έλενα
  • Gujarati: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Gujarati: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Gujarati: Santa Elena
  • Gujarati: સાન્તા એલેના
  • Hindi: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Hindi: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Hindi: Santa Elena
  • Hindi: सांता ऐलेना
  • Indonesian: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Indonesian: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Indonesian: Santa Elena
  • Irish: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Irish: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Irish: Santa Elena
  • Italian: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Italian: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Italian: Santa Elena
  • Japanese: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Japanese: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Japanese: Santa Elena
  • Japanese: サンタ・エレーナ
  • Kannada: Santa Elena
  • Kannada: ಸಾಂಟಾ ಎಲೆನಾ
  • Korean: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Korean: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Korean: Santa Elena
  • Korean: 산타엘레나
  • Latvian: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Latvian: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Latvian: Santa Elena
  • Latvian: Santaelena
  • Lithuanian: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Lithuanian: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Lithuanian: Santa Elena
  • Macedonian: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Macedonian: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Macedonian: Santa Elena
  • Macedonian: Санта Елена
  • Malay: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Malay: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Malay: Santa Elena
  • Marathi: Santa Elena
  • Marathi: सांता एलेना
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Santa Elena
  • Occitan (post 1500): Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Occitan (post 1500): Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Occitan (post 1500): Santa Elena
  • Persian: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Persian: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Persian: Santa Elena
  • Persian: سانتا النا (اکوادور)
  • Persian: سانتا النا
  • Polish: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Polish: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Polish: Santa Elena
  • Portuguese: Santa Elena (Equador)
  • Portuguese: Santa Elena, Equador
  • Portuguese: Santa Elena
  • Quechua: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Quechua: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Quechua: Santa Elena
  • Russian: Санта-Елена
  • Scots: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Scots: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Scots: Santa Elena
  • Serbo-Croatian: Santa Elena (Ekvador)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Santa Elena
  • Sinhala: Santa Elena
  • Sinhala: සැන්ටා එලිනා, ඉක්වදෝරය
  • Sinhala: සැන්ටා එලිනා
  • Spanish: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Spanish: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Spanish: Santa Elena
  • Swedish: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Swedish: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Swedish: Santa Elena
  • Tamil: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Tamil: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Tamil: Santa Elena
  • Tamil: சான்டா எலெனா
  • Telugu: Santa Elena
  • Telugu: శాంట ఏలెనా
  • Thai: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Thai: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Thai: Santa Elena
  • Thai: ซานตาเอเลนา
  • Turkish: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Turkish: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Turkish: Santa Elena
  • Ukrainian: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Ukrainian: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Ukrainian: Santa Elena
  • Ukrainian: Санта-Елена
  • Urdu: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Urdu: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Urdu: Santa Elena
  • Urdu: سانتا الینا، ایکواڈور
  • Vietnamese: Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Vietnamese: Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Vietnamese: Santa Elena
  • Waray (Philippines): Santa Elena (Ecuador)
  • Waray (Philippines): Santa Elena, Ecuador
  • Waray (Philippines): Santa Elena, Santa Elena
  • Waray (Philippines): Santa Elena
  • Western Panjabi: Santa Elena
  • Western Panjabi: سانتا ایلینا
  • Wu Chinese: 圣埃伦娜

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