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'''Babahoyo''' ({{IPA-|es|baβaˈoʝo}}), founded May 27, 1948, by legislative decree, is the capital of the [[Los Ríos Province|Los Ríos]] province of [[Ecuador]]. Its population is cited around 98,000. It is bordered by two rivers, the [[San Pablo River (Ecuador)|San Pablo]] and the [[Caracol River (Ecuador)|Caracol]], which join to form the [[Babahoyo River]]. This meets the [[Daule River]] to form the [[Guayas River]], which runs to the [[Pacific Ocean]] at the [[Gulf of Guayaquil]].
 
A processing and trade center for the surrounding agricultural region, the city handles [[rice]], [[sugarcane]], [[fruit]]s, [[balsa wood]], and [[tagua nut]]s (vegetable ivory). Rice and [[sugar]] are also milled here.
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=== Climate ===
The city has a hot and humid climate. Babahoyo floods frequently during the winter months. (Note:Babahoyo flooded during January–June 2008 in which the entire city flooded)
 
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|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Babahoyo (Isabel-Maria), elevation {{convert|7|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1971–2000)
|Jan high C = 30.4
|Feb high C = 30.6
|Mar high C = 31.2
|Apr high C = 31.2
|May high C = 30.3
|Jun high C = 28.7
|Jul high C = 27.8
|Aug high C = 28.4
|Sep high C = 29.1
|Oct high C = 29.2
|Nov high C = 29.4
|Dec high C = 30.4
| year high C =
|Jan low C = 21.7
|Feb low C = 22.3
|Mar low C = 22.7
|Apr low C = 22.8
|May low C = 21.9
|Jun low C = 20.8
|Jul low C = 19.7
|Aug low C = 19.5
|Sep low C = 19.8
|Oct low C = 20.1
|Nov low C = 20.5
|Dec low C = 21.3
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 385.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 435.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 428.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 341.0
|May precipitation mm = 101.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 35.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 15.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 2.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 6.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 8.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 11.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 74.0
|year precipitation mm =
| Jan humidity = 81
| Feb humidity = 86
| Mar humidity = 83
| Apr humidity = 83
| May humidity = 83
| Jun humidity = 85
| Jul humidity = 85
| Aug humidity = 83
| Sep humidity = 81
| Oct humidity = 81
| Nov humidity = 78
| Dec humidity = 77
| year humidity =
| source 1 = FAO<ref name=FAO>{{cite web
| url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/databases-and-software/climwat-for-cropwat/en/
| title = CLIMWAT climatic database
| publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
| access-date = 20 June 2024}}</ref>
}}
 
==History==