Puerto López, with a population of 12,598,[1] is a fishing village set in an arched bay on the Pacific coast in the Ecuadorian Manabí Province.

40 kilometres offshore is Isla de la Plata (named from its history as a pirate hideout, the Island of the Silver), also referred to as "The Poor Man's Galapagos.

Salango is located on the shores of the Pacific, in southern Manabi Province, in the buffer zone of the Machalilla National Park.

The community seeks to consolidate its development process with the promotion of one of the main features the community-based ecotourism, taking advantage of the natural and cultural resource that are related to the ancient heritage of those who settled in this sector.

In the heart of the community is the Research Center and Museum Salango CIMS that protects and exhibits in its original place an archaeological collection of 245 pieces of cultural heritage that represent over 4500 years before the conquest.