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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A city of southwest Ecuador south of Guayaquil. It is a commercial center. Population: 204,000.
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“The company owns a 27 hectare port site on the Santa Rosa Channel in Machala, which is connected to the Mirador Project by a 400 km paved highway.”
“Unionized teachers marching for a salary increase on the streets of Machala, province of El Oro, Ecuador.”
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“All of Amistad's natural gas production flows to Noble's Machala facility, a 130-megawatt (MW), onshore, gas-fired power plant that supplies electricity to the Guayaquil region.”
“There have been efforts to increase gas-fired capacity in the country, especially through integrated projects such as the Machala plant.”
“The two principal cacaos are known as _Arriba_ and _Machala_, or classed together as Guayaquil after the city of that name.”
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“The principal towns are Machala, Santa Rosa, Zaruma, and Loja.”
“Next in order is the _cacao de abajo_, from down the river, as Machala, Santa Rosa, Balao, and Manabi, below Guayaquil.”
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“She is 27 years old, and she is from the city of Machala.”
“Nuestra socia del banco comunal Despertar, tiene 27 años de edad y es de la ciudad de Machala, se encuentra casada y su esposo trabaja como chofer; en su unión conyugal ha procreado 1 hijo, cual tiene 11 años de edad y estudia en el Liceo Americano.”
“She also sells her merchandise in the city of Machala.”
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