Guayas, a fertile coast-province of Ecuador, with an area of about 9000 sq. m., and a pop. (1895) of 98,640. Its chief product is cocoa, of a very high quality. Capital, Guayaquil.
Guayas
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 444
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