Montecristi is a town in the
Manabí province
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of
Ecuador
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and the capital of
Montecristi Canton.
Montecristi was formed during the first years of the Spanish conquest, possibly between 1536 and 1537, with settlers from Manta who left their village fleeing pirate attacks. Among the first settlers appears a man named "Criste", who would have built his house on top of the mountain, so it is believed that the place acquired the name of Montecriste, which later, for idiomatic ease, ended up being called Montecristi.
As of the 2022 census Montecristi had a population of 71,066.
The town is renowned for the production of
Panama hats, the best quality of which is named ''montecristi '' after it.
Montecristi is the birthplace of
Eloy Alfaro Delgado (25 June 1842 – 28 January 1912), president of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911 and the leader of the
Ecuadorian Liberal Revolution. Because of this, Montecristi was selected by the Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly in 2007 as the seat of covenants for the
2008 Constitution of Ecuador
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History
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.
Climate
Montecristi has an
arid desert climate (
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* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
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: ''BWh'').
References
External links
Sitios turísticos de MontecristiMunicipalidad de Montecristi (archived)
Sources
Manabi.gob.ec: Montecristi(canton and city)
Montecristi.gob.ec: Historia
Montecuadorhats.com: MontecristiEnciclopedia del Ecuador: Montecristi
AME.gob.ec (Associación de Municipalides Ecuadorianas): Montecristi, Cuna de AlfaroGobierno de México: Secretaría de Cultura: Prensa - Montecristi: un sombrero con denominación de origenAyuntamiento Montecristi: Historia
Populated places in Manabí Province
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