UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL DEL SUR DE MANABÍ

UNIDAD ACADÉMICA DE ciencias económicas

CARRERA DE INGENIERÍA EN ECOTURISMO

JIPIJAPA
Jipijapa is a small town ont the coast of ecuador, which offers a variety of landscapes on
a 1420 km² territory
A beach of fine sand in Puerto Cayo and Cantagallo. On the horizon, when the weather
is clear, we can see the Isla de la Plata (the silver island) known for the blue footed booby,
and the red footed one.
The Boca of cantagallo is also the birthplace of the humpback whales. Indeed, it is here
where they are giving life to their calf from June to September. Sometimes, we can see
them from the beach, but it is better on a cruise.
Jipijapa has 7 administratives divisions rural : Puerto Cayo, Membrillal, Julcuy, La
Unión, La América, El Anegado et Pedro Pablo Gómez.
Its landscapes are various with savannah and dry tropical forest, where Ceibos (Ceibo
Trichistandra) are predominant. They are amazing us with their forms, flowers and cotton.
Jipijapa and many of the rural zones are crossed my the Cordillera Chogón Colonche,
covered by a luxurious vegetation of humid tropical forest.
The fauna and the flora are omnipresents, a rich biodiversity which allows the beginners
in bird watching to admire the famous caciques, raptors like the Valdivía, hummingbirds,
doves, herons, toucans, and parrots of all colors, but also howling monkeys, squirrels,
armadillos, with a bit of luck, you may see tigrillos or fallow deers.
Jipijapa is mainly about agriculture, known as the sultane of coffee, for its huge
production of coffee in the 60's to th 80's. Nowadays, the farms are diversified. We can
visit peasant's farm with a coffee plantation, discover the secret of its artisanale
production and enjoy a cup of coffee passed with corn tortillas, elaborated with the yellow
corn, and cooked in traditionals clay ovens.
The gastronomy of Jipijapa is well known nationwide. To mention but a few typical meals
: the ceviche,the greñoso, the bollo, the hornado of chancho, the different meals with a
corn basis, the sea food in Puerto Cayo.
Jipijapa has also an old history and an ancient culture.
Jipijapa was named by the spanish conquerants the « golden city » because its inhabitants,
the indigenous people, XIPIXAPA, were covered with gold. One of the inhabitants,
Choez, is on the origin of the famous seewing of the hat from Jipijapa, knows nowadays
as the Panama's hat or the hat from montecristi, made from Paja Toquilla which can be
find in the communities of Jipijapa.
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