Salango
Communidad Salango is a rural parish of Puerto López Canton, Manabí Province, Ecuador. Location and dimensions Elevation: 0–108 m Coordinates: 01°35′40″S 80°50′30″W Area: 2,536 hectares Province: Manabí Capital: Portoviejo Cantón: Puerto López Population: 3,200 Location: North: Puerto Lopez - South: Guayas - East: Guayas - West: Pacific Ocean. Sector:641 km southwest of Quito, 251 km northeast of the city of Guayaquil. Description Community venues Río Chico. Economy Natural Resources: Fishery, Flora, Fauna Marina Factory :Fishery. Tourism: Whale watching, beach, museum, crafts, diving, ecotourism trails, snorkeling, trekking, scenic beauty, flora and fauna, cultural events, archaeology. The Salango community has deep ancestral roots that represent about 5,000 years of history and culture. Worldview Salango is a pre-Columbian settlement that is located at the southern end of a sandy cove on the south coast of the province of Manabi. Salango Island is located just off the coast. The worldview of the people has been developed through the different cultures that have existed here starting from the Valdivia culture, Machalilla, Engoroy-Chorrera, Bahia, Guangala and Manteños. Through the archaeological remains found, it is surmised that their ancestors’ spirituality and understanding of the world around them was very large, but in particular, it was bound up