Machala
Americannoun
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According to Ecuadorean TV station Ecuavisa, residents of Machala have long demanded that the prison, which is located in the centre of the city, be relocated.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
“Because of its age, that building should have been demolished already,” Vera said outside the morgue in Ecuador’s community of Machala, where he was waiting for the three bodies to be released.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2023
The model correctly predicted that in 2016, warmer temperatures and excess rainfall would lead to an outbreak in the city of Machala in March—three months earlier than would be expected.
From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2022
Northeast toward Cuenca from Machala in El Oro province, banana fields gave way to winding mountain passes lined with cacao beans set out to dry on the pavement.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2014
The two principal cacaos are known as Arriba and Machala, or classed together as Guayaquil after the city of that name.
From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Knapp, Arthur William
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