Puerto Bolívar

Puerto Bolívar
Puerto Bolívar
Location of Puerto Bolívar in Ecuador
Coordinates: 3°16′S 79°59′W / 3.267°S 79.983°W / -3.267; -79.983
Country Ecuador
ProvinceEl Oro
CantonMachala
FoundedDecember 18, 1883
(as Puerto Bolívar)
Elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
6,174
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
Websitewww.puertobolivar.gob.ec

Puerto Bolívar is an urban parish and port city, part of the municipality of Machala, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Puerto Bolívar is one of the world's largest shipment points for bananas, most of them destined for Europe; about 80% of Ecuador's banana production is shipped through these port facilities.