Guayas (chief)
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Guayas was a legendary chief of the Huancavilcas in the coastal plains of today Ecuador
. The Huancavilcas lived in the area of today's Guayaquil
at the time of the arrival of the Spanish.
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. The Huancavilcas lived in the area of today's Guayaquil
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
at the time of the arrival of the Spanish.