El Empalme: facts

At a glance

• Country: Ecuador
• Region: Guayas
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 48,754
• Coordinates: 1.0449° S, 79.6384° W
• Time zone: America/Guayaquil (UTC-05:00)
• Currency: Dollar (USD)
• Distance to the capital, Quito: 153 km (95 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Cotopaxi International Airport (LTX): 115 km (71 mi), straight line
• Eloy Alfaro International Airport (MEC): 116 km (72 mi), straight line
• José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport (GYE): 127 km (79 mi), straight line

Nearby

• El Rosario: 19 km (12 mi)
• Quevedo: 20 km (12 mi)
• Mocache: 22 km (14 mi)
• San Jacinto de Buena Fe: 24 km (15 mi)
• San Carlos: 24 km (15 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Quevedo, 20 km (12 mi)