El Triunfo
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El Triunfo formerly known as Boca de los Sapos (Frog
Frog
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s' cove
Cove
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), is a town
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 located in Guayas
Guayas Province
Guayas is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean ; to the east by Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, and Azuay; to the north by Los Ríos and Bolívar; and to the south by El Oro and the Pacific Ocean.With a population of over 3...

, Ecuador
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, near the Cañar
Cañar Province
Cañar is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2005 the province had a population of 221,045. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari.- Cantons :The province...

 province
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. It is the seat of El Triunfo Canton
El Triunfo Canton
El Triunfo Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Guayas Province. Its capital is the town of El Triunfo. Its population at the 2001 census was 34,117....

, created in 1983.

As of the census
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 of 2001, there are 34,117 people residing within canton limits. The area of the canton is 468.8 km², but some of it is disputed with La Troncal
La Troncal
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 Canton in Cañar
Cañar Province
Cañar is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2005 the province had a population of 221,045. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari.- Cantons :The province...

.

French priest
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 Luis López Lescure helped the town grow. It is the most important town in east
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ern Guayas, as it grew around a road junction.
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