Durán

Durán, also known as Eloy Alfaro, is the second largest city in the province of Guayas, and the seat of . It is located near the confluence of the Daule & Babahoyo rivers, where the enters the ocean, across the Guayas River from .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: City with 179,000 residents
  • Description: city of Guayas Province, Ecuador
  • Also known as: “Alfaro”, “Duran”, “Durán (Ecuador)”, “Durán, Ecuador”, and “Eloy Alfaro”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Unity Bridge and Duran.

Bridge
Photo: Marco Jácome, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a bridge complex in northeastern , with a length of 2,186 metres. The crosses the and , which combine to form the immediately downstream.

Aerial lift
Photo: Carlitos Manuel Ronquillo Ordóñez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an aerial lift.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guayaquil.

Photo: Frankiac, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the largest city in . This article also covers Durán, which is a UNESCO Creative City on the other side of the river.

Durán

Latitude
-2.1689° or 2° 10′ 8″ south
Longitude
-79.8341° or 79° 50′ 3″ west
Population
179,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
EC DUN
Open location code
6792R5J8+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249423310
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3658192
Wiki­data ID
Q1120810
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Volapük—“Durán” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Durán”
  • Catalan: “Durán (Equador)”
  • Catalan: “Durán, Equador”
  • Catalan: “Duran”
  • Catalan: “Durán”
  • Catalan: “Eloy Alfaro”
  • Cebuano: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Cebuano: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Cebuano: “Durán”
  • Cebuano: “Eloy Alfaro”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوران، ئێکوادۆر”
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Duran”
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Durán”
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: “Eloy Alfaro”
  • Chinese: “杜兰”
  • Chinese: “杜蘭”
  • Dutch: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Dutch: “Duran, Ecuador”
  • Dutch: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Dutch: “Durán”
  • Esperanto: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Esperanto: “Durán”
  • French: “Durán (Équateur)”
  • French: “Durán, Équateur”
  • French: “Duran”
  • French: “Durán”
  • French: “Eloy Alfaro”
  • Galician: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Galician: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Galician: “Duran”
  • Galician: “Durán”
  • Galician: “Eloy Alfaro”
  • Georgian: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Georgian: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Georgian: “Durán”
  • Georgian: “დურანი”
  • German: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • German: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • German: “Durán”
  • Hebrew: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Hebrew: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Hebrew: “Durán”
  • Irish: “Durán”
  • Italian: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Italian: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Italian: “Durán”
  • Japanese: “エロイアルファロ”
  • Japanese: “ドゥラン”
  • Japanese: “ドュラン”
  • Korean: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Korean: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Korean: “Durán”
  • Korean: “두란”
  • Lithuanian: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Lithuanian: “Durán”
  • Lithuanian: “Duranas”
  • Northern Frisian: “Durán (Ekwadoor)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Durán”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Durán”
  • Norwegian: “Durán”
  • Ossetian: “Дуран (сахар)”
  • Ossetian: “Дуран”
  • Persian: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Persian: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Persian: “Durán”
  • Persian: “دورن (گوایاس)”
  • Persian: “دورن”
  • Polish: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Polish: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Polish: “Durán”
  • Portuguese: “Durán (Equador)”
  • Portuguese: “Durán, Equador”
  • Portuguese: “Duran”
  • Portuguese: “Durán”
  • Portuguese: “Eloy Alfaro”
  • Quechua: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Quechua: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Quechua: “Durán”
  • Russian: “Дуран”
  • Sinhala: “ඩුරන්, ඉක්වදෝරය”
  • Spanish: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Spanish: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Spanish: “Duran”
  • Spanish: “Durán”
  • Spanish: “Eloy Alfaro”
  • Swedish: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Swedish: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Swedish: “Durán”
  • Swedish: “Eloy Alfaro”
  • Tatar: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Tatar: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Tatar: “Durán”
  • Tatar: “Дуран”
  • Urdu: “دوران، ایکواڈور”
  • Venetian: “Durán”
  • Volapük: “Durán (Ecuador)”
  • Volapük: “Durán, Ecuador”
  • Volapük: “Durán”

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