La Avanzada: facts

At a glance

• Country: Ecuador
• Region: El Oro
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Coordinates: 3.5378° S, 79.9588° W
• Time zone: America/Guayaquil (UTC-05:00)
• Currency: Dollar (USD)
• Distance to the capital, Quito: 401 km (249 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport (ETR): 11 km (7 mi), straight line
• Captain Pedro Canga Rodríguez International Airport (TBP, Peru): 47 km (29 mi), straight line
• Ciudad de Catamayo Airport (LOH): 83 km (51 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Bella Maria: 8.6 km (5.3 mi)
• Santa Rosa: 9.1 km (5.7 mi)
• Torata: 11 km (7 mi)
• Piedras: 12 km (7 mi)
• Arenillas: 12 km (8 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Machala, 31 km (19 mi)