Portovelo: facts

At a glance

• Country: Ecuador
• Region: El Oro
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 9,708
• Coordinates: 3.7160° S, 79.6189° W
• Time zone: America/Guayaquil (UTC-05:00)
• Currency: Dollar (USD)
• Distance to the capital, Quito: 406 km (252 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Ciudad de Catamayo Airport (LOH): 41 km (26 mi), straight line
• Santa Rosa - Artillery Colonel Victor Larrea International Airport (ETR): 52 km (32 mi), straight line
• Captain Pedro Canga Rodríguez International Airport (TBP, Peru): 87 km (54 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Zaruma: 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
• San Roque: 5.7 km (3.5 mi)
• Malvas: 6.4 km (4.0 mi)
• Zarumaurcu: 6.5 km (4.0 mi)
• Sinsao: 7.0 km (4.4 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Loja, 55 km (34 mi)