Caracterización de los rasgos culturales de la población del cantón Huaquillas de la provincia de El Oro.

Abstract

The main objective of this research work is to characterize the cultural features of the population of the Huaquillas canton of the province of El Oro, because the knowledge of the history, the ancestral groups and the cultural features in particular will allow the generation of a better perspective of identification, assessment and sense of the belonging of the ancestral culture that precedes this canton. The methodology used for the development of the research is exploratory and descriptive, information gathering techniques were applied such as interviewing individuals in the community through a questionnaire and a matrix with variables to be considered for the preparation of the same; bibliographic review to official state sources, magazine publications, books, scientific articles and bibliographic documents in general, in such a way to delve into the subject and achieve the proximity of the object of study. The results obtained were that in the Huaquillas population the mestizos predominate according to their culture and customs, having as a predecessor culture or ancestry the Tumbesinos, Tumbalaes and Jambelíes.