The Chongon Colonche Range (Spanish: ) or Colonche Range is a mountain range on the central Pacific coast of Ecuador. It stretches from

Manabí Province Manabí () is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Mestizo 66.7% * Montubio 19.2% * Afro-Ecuadorian 6.0% *White 7 ...

in the northwest, curving southeast towards Guayaquil. The range peaks at over 800 metres above sea level and together with the Mache Chindul Range is the only major mountain range in Ecuador west of the Andes. Much of the range is clad in indigenous

tropical wet forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discon ...

, although large areas have been cleared for agriculture. The remaining forest has high levels of biodiversity, and a protected area in the southeast is classified as an "Important Bird Area" by

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