Talk:Guayaquil

Proununciation?
Could someone please add a pronunciation guide for the name of this city? --LostLeviathan 22:26, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

It starts with a sound like a y then there is an a as in cat followed by a sound like kill. I have no idea how to express that in pronounciation language, SqueakBox 22:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

done Ma xyz 04:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Please consider this vocalization based on the American-English language: GUA-YA-QUIL

"GUA" as in "WA"shington (Washington)

"YA" as in de"JA"-vu   (deja-vu)

"QUIL" as in in "kill" (kill)

then, you can read it as: WA-JA-KILL

I hope this helped. W.E.R.S. nov-28-2006

Why does it pronunciated "WAYAKILL", why not "KWAYAKILL" like other Spanish gua- words? 202.57.146.225

What you mean like Kwatemala (lol), SqueakBox 17:22, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

"References" and "External Links"
I did just move two links which i was sure of to be more logically placed in "External Links" than "References". Some of the other links i think maybe better in external links than references, but i'm not sure. perhaps the original editors could give advice about the original intentions?

Links in question:
 * Map of north and central Guayaquil
 * Guayaquil Information
 * Old Photos of Guayaquil
 * Photos of Guayaquil I
 * Photos of Guayaquil II

and the following links i feel do not really provide any noteworthy informationeht therefor i think they should be deleted, anyone any opinion about that?
 * Guayaquil
 * Guayaquil information

Ma xyz 02:52, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

The above proposed is done Ma xyz 02:35, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

"The past year"
The reference to "the past year" should be changed to the specific year. Erudil 23:19, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Schools
I don't think that a Study abroad learning center can count as a higher education institute. Therefore Blue Hill College should be eliminated from the article

BCH is more than a Study Abroad learning center. They do offer a few university level degrees. It should stay there. Alpv (talk) 22:51, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Jaime Nebot's party is no longer partido social cristiano
The partido social cristiano no longer exists under that name, now its called "madera de guerrero", an allusion to a city's folklore song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.188.53.214 (talk) 13:58, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Actually, "Madera de guerrero" is a movement rather than a party, and the "Partido Social Cristiano" (PSC) does exist, and mayor Nebot is still affiliated although somewhat distanced. You can review this news article for clarification: http://www.eluniverso.com/2009/01/17/1/1355/AF4B600EFDEF4A3F8588F531E766F2A8.html Alpv (talk) 18:50, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Photo overload
This article is beginning to more closely resemble a tourist brochure than an encyclopaedia, and the resultant impression is very different from the city that most of its residents know. I reckon that at least half of the pictures should be culled, or at least moved to a gallery section: I could be bold, but would rather invite people to nominate here which ones we can live without. Kevin McE (talk) 05:23, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Questionable Dates
"In 1800 Guayaquil had a population of about 2,000 people; by 1700 the city had a population of over 10,000." The history section could use a little cleaning up by someone knowledgeable of the area, I think. -Shredator —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shredator (talk • contribs) 03:25, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

guayaquil's pic
the main pictures should be changed... because not all the people from guayaquil likes barcelona... im not asking to use the capwell's stadium pic, but at least use a pic from the modelo's stadium —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.255.74.147 (talk) 01:23, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

population
The population of the city, according to the last census was 2.360.000 but the figure shown in the article is of 3 million for the inner city and 4 million for the metropolitan area. Where do these figures come from and why nobody has correct that information besides me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jach79 (talk • contribs) 18:21, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Center of Ecuador's business and manufacturing industries.
"Because of its location, the city is the center of Ecuador's business and manufacturing industries."

This information is wrong, and should not be in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.152.156.27 (talk) 05:15, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've removed it, thanks. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:03, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

3.75 mill population
Where did that information come from? It has no source and I am pretty certain that it's wrong anyway so it should just be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.113.46.28 (talk) 17:19, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

geography on earthquake
I just added some information on Guayaquil is prone to earthquake and tsunami threats due to its location based on reference 4 to 7. Sunnyyis (talk) 14:50, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
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Second largest city
I have changed the starting paragraph from "largest city" to "second largest city" because Quito is bigger. In fact, the linked citation actually states that Guayaquil is no longer the largest city in Ecuador. Ev3commander (talk) 23:35, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

The largest city of Ecuador in 2019
There is great controversy regarding the most populated cities in the country, however, "Quito has been ratified as the most populous city in Ecuador," as there are no articles in the law or the like that dictate that the population of a city is purely urban, it is municipal as a whole. Quito has 2,735,987 inhabitants (remember that Quito is not only the area of ​​urban parishes, Quito comprises a whole, that is, Quito D.M.), while Guayaquil (understand Guayaquil as a WHOLE) has 2,698,077 inhabitants. A clear difference of just over 38,000 inhabitants, a gap that increases over the years. There are people who defend by sword that Guayaquil is still the most populous city in the country, CLEAR REGIONALISM an desinformation (Wikipedia isn't the only reference). Of course, its urban parishes concentrate more population than those of Quito. 2.6 million vs. 2 million. But 'the term city UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING', not just urban cities, since, as I mentioned earlier, there is no law that indicates that a city is made up of urban parishes. For example, Calderón is a rural parish in Quito, but it belongs to the city of Quito.

If so, otherwise please let me know in my personal discussion. Also, I delete the "controversy" note, because I leave below evidence and sufficient references that notice that Quito is the largest city of Ecuador.

References (all in Spanish):


 * Cantonal population projections (INEC - Government): https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/proyecciones-poblacionales/
 * Quito es the most populous canton (INEC - Government): https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/quito-el-canton-mas-poblado-del-ecuador-en-el-2020/
 * El Comercio: https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/orden-movilidad-desafios-candidatos-alcaldia.html
 * El Universo: https://www.eluniverso.com/guayaquil/2019/01/20/nota/7147148/quito-mas-habitantes-frente-guayaquil-proyeccion-abre-debate
 * El Telégrafo: https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/editoriales/1/quito-ciudad-maspoblada-ecuador
 * Ecuavisa: https://www.ecuavisa.com/video/noticias/quito-sera-ciudad-mas-poblada-del-pais-2020
 * Teleamazonas: http://www.teleamazonas.com/2020/04/jorge-yunda-pidio-extender-el-aislamiento-social-en-quito/

Greetings.— Emilio Mondragón (talk) 21:30, 25 April 2020 (UTC)

CIA factbook reference
Currently the main reference for the religion section is a CIA world factbook page on Papua New Guinea, not Ecuador. Tellurium128 (talk) 00:09, 22 January 2020 (UTC)

I'm adding translation from the Spanish article
deisenbe (talk) 09:09, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

This is a much bigger hassle than it appears. All the links and pictures. deisenbe (talk) 10:21, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

2nd largest city
Despite the provided facts that Quito is larger than Guayaquil, Wikipedia keeps on changing the article. This counts as vandalism.

https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/editoriales/1/quito-ciudad-maspoblada-ecuador Jach79 (talk) 17:40, 4 March 2023 (UTC)