Esmeraldas

Esmeraldas is a coastal city in , It has one of the most popular beaches in Ecuador. Thousands of tourists come to Esmeraldas to enjoy the beautiful warm tropical weather, not cold at all and not too hot.
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  • Type: City with 95,200 residents
  • Description: city in Ecuador, capital of the Esmeraldas Province
  • Also known as: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)”, “Esmeraldas, Ecuador”, “San Mateo de las Esmeraldas”, and “Volcán Chimborazo

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Folke Anderson.

Stadium
is a multi-use in Esmeraldas, . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Esmeraldas Sporting Club, Club Deportivo Esmeraldas Petrolero, Centro Deportivo Juvenil, Club Atlético Juventus…

Esmeraldas

Latitude
0.9668° or 0° 58′ 1″ north
Longitude
-79.6524° or 79° 39′ 9″ west
Population
95,200
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
IATA airport code
ESM
United Nations Location Code
EC ESM
Open location code
67G2X88X+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249423578
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3657990
Wiki­data ID
Q149955
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Esmeraldas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Arabic: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Arabic: Esmeraldas
  • Arabic: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Arabic: إسمرالداس
  • Armenian: Էսմերալդաս
  • Asturian: Esmeraldas
  • Azerbaijani: Esmeraldas
  • Basque: Esmeraldas (Ekuador)
  • Basque: Esmeraldas
  • Belarusian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Belarusian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Belarusian: Esmeraldas
  • Belarusian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Belarusian: Эсмеральдас
  • Belarusian: Эсмэральдас
  • Bengali: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Bengali: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Bengali: Esmeraldas
  • Bengali: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Bengali: এসমেরালডাস
  • Catalan: Esmeraldas (Equador)
  • Catalan: Esmeraldas, Equador
  • Catalan: Esmeraldas
  • Catalan: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Cebuano: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Cebuano: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Cebuano: Esmeraldas
  • Cebuano: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: Esmeraldas
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Chinese: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Chinese: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Chinese: Esmeraldas
  • Chinese: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Chinese: 埃斯梅拉达斯
  • Chinese: 埃斯梅拉達斯
  • Czech: Esmeraldas (Ekvádor)
  • Czech: Esmeraldas, Ekvádor
  • Czech: Esmeraldas
  • Czech: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Danish: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Danish: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Danish: Esmeraldas
  • Danish: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Dutch: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Dutch: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Dutch: Esmeraldas
  • Dutch: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Egyptian Arabic: اسمرالداس
  • Esperanto: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Esperanto: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Esperanto: Esmeraldas
  • Esperanto: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Esperanto: Smeraldoj
  • Estonian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Estonian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Estonian: Esmeraldas
  • Estonian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Finnish: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Finnish: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Finnish: Esmeraldas
  • Finnish: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • French: Esmeraldas (Équateur)
  • French: Esmeraldas, Équateur
  • French: Esmeraldas
  • French: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Galician: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Galician: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Galician: Esmeraldas
  • Galician: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • German: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • German: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • German: Esmeraldas
  • German: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Greek: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Greek: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Greek: Esmeraldas
  • Greek: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Greek: Εσμεράλδας
  • Greek: Εσμεράλντας
  • Gujarati: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Gujarati: Esmeraldas
  • Gujarati: એસ્મેરાલ્ડાસ
  • Hebrew: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Hebrew: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Hebrew: Esmeraldas
  • Hebrew: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Hebrew: אסמראלדאס
  • Hindi: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Hindi: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Hindi: Esmeraldas
  • Hindi: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Hindi: इज़मरालदस
  • Hungarian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Hungarian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Hungarian: Esmeraldas
  • Hungarian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Indonesian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Indonesian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Indonesian: Esmeraldas, Ekuador
  • Indonesian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Irish: Esmeraldas
  • Italian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Italian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Italian: Esmeraldas
  • Italian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Japanese: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Japanese: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Japanese: Esmeraldas
  • Japanese: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Japanese: エスメラルダス
  • Kannada: Esmeraldas
  • Kannada: ಎಸ್ಮೆರಾಲ್ಡಾಸ್
  • Korean: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Korean: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Korean: Esmeraldas
  • Korean: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Korean: 에스메랄다스
  • Latvian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Latvian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Latvian: Esmeraldas
  • Latvian: Esmeraldasa
  • Latvian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Lithuanian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Lithuanian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Lithuanian: Esmeraldas
  • Lithuanian: Esmeraldasas
  • Lithuanian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Malay: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Malay: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Malay: Esmeraldas
  • Malay: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Marathi: Esmeraldas
  • Marathi: एस्मराल्डास
  • Moksha: Эсмэральдас
  • Narom: Esmeraldas
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Esmeraldas
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Esmeraldas
  • Norwegian: Esmeraldas
  • Persian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Persian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Persian: Esmeraldas
  • Persian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Persian: اسمرالداس، اکوادور
  • Polish: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Polish: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Polish: Esmeraldas
  • Polish: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Portuguese: Esmeraldas (Equador)
  • Portuguese: Esmeraldas, Equador
  • Portuguese: Esmeraldas
  • Portuguese: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Quechua: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Quechua: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Quechua: Esmeraldas
  • Quechua: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Romanian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Romanian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Romanian: Esmeraldas
  • Romanian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Russian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Russian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Russian: Esmeraldas
  • Russian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Russian: Эсмеральдас
  • Serbo-Croatian: Esmeraldas (Ekvador)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Esmeraldas
  • Silesian: Esmeraldas (Ekwadůr)
  • Silesian: Esmeraldas
  • Sinhala: Esmeraldas
  • Sinhala: එස්මෙරල්දාස්, ඉක්වදෝරය
  • Sinhala: එස්මෙරල්දාස්
  • Slovak: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Slovak: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Slovak: Esmeraldas
  • Slovak: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Spanish: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Spanish: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Spanish: Esmeraldas
  • Spanish: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Spanish: San Mateo
  • Swedish: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Swedish: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Swedish: Esmeraldas
  • Swedish: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Tamil: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Tamil: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Tamil: Esmeraldas
  • Tamil: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Tamil: எஸ்மெறால்டஸ்
  • Tatar: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Tatar: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Tatar: Esmeraldas
  • Tatar: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Tatar: Эсмеральдас
  • Telugu: Esmeraldas
  • Telugu: ఎస్మెరాల్డాస్
  • Thai: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Thai: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Thai: Esmeraldas
  • Thai: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Thai: ซานมาเตโอเดลัสเอสเมรัลดัส
  • Thai: เอสเมรัลดัส
  • Turkish: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Turkish: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Turkish: Esmeraldas
  • Turkish: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Ukrainian: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Ukrainian: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Ukrainian: Esmeraldas
  • Ukrainian: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Ukrainian: Есмеральдас
  • Urdu: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Urdu: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Urdu: Esmeraldas
  • Urdu: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Urdu: ایزمیراداس، ایکواڈور
  • Vietnamese: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Vietnamese: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Vietnamese: Esmeraldas
  • Vietnamese: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Waray (Philippines): Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas
  • Waray (Philippines): Esmeraldas
  • Waray (Philippines): Syudad Esmeraldas
  • Welsh: Esmeraldas (Ecuador)
  • Welsh: Esmeraldas, Ecuador
  • Welsh: Esmeraldas
  • Welsh: San Mateo de las Esmeraldas
  • Western Panjabi: Esmeraldas
  • Western Panjabi: ایسمیرالداس
  • Wu Chinese: 埃斯梅拉达斯 (厄瓜多尔)
  • Wu Chinese: 埃斯梅拉达斯(厄瓜多尔)

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Esmeraldas”. Photo: Carlos Echanique, CC BY-SA 4.0.