Babahuyu

Babahoyo stands in the river country where the Catarama and San Pablo join, their waters flowing southwest towards the Guayas. Before Spanish rule, the Chono people inhabited this fertile lowland. During the colonial period the route through Babahoyo connected the Guayaquil coast to the Andean towns of Chimbo and Guaranda; salt was among the goods carried along the old Telimbela road. Floodwaters could spread over the plain in the rainy season, reaching the raised floors of houses.