Bomba de agua
The place
Bomba de agua ("Water pump") in Manabí province, Portoviejo/Santa Ana area (Ecuadorian Pacific coast, Ecuador), at 67 m elevation, tropical coastal plain. Continuous Ecuador cluster (batches 260-373). Traditional water point/pump, an OSM Manabí artifact (Manabí, Ecuador's 2nd-largest province, 1.4 M inhabitants, Pacific coast + Portoviejo 300,000 inhabitants + the April 16, 2016 earthquake, Mw 7.8, 673 dead, Portoviejo/Manta/Chone piedmont destruction + Manta, South America's tuna fishing port and market + Manta-Huancavilca heritage (pre-Columbian peoples of the Pacific coast, 500-1500 AD, renowned Balsa raft navigators, legendary trans-Pacific hypothesis of Thor Heyerdahl, 1947 Kon-Tiki) + Ecuadorian Manabí heritage + bananas, 8% of world production, Ecuador the leading exporter, Chiquita/Del Monte/United Fruit Company since 1899).
The setting
Manabí Portoviejo/Santa Ana Ecuadorian Pacific coast Ecuador 67 m tropical coastal plain, continuous cluster batches 260-373, water point/pump OSM artifact Manabí Ecuador's 2nd province 1.4 M Pacific coast + Portoviejo 300,000 + April 16, 2016 earthquake Mw 7.8 673 dead Portoviejo/Manta/Chone + Manta South America fishing port tuna, Manta-Huancavilca pre-Columbian 500-1500 Balsa raft trans-Pacific navigators Thor Heyerdahl 1947 Kon-Tiki, Ecuadorian Manabí + bananas 8% of world production EC leading exporter Chiquita/Del Monte UFC 1899.
