three restaurants-complex with luxurious and innovative cuisine, that otherwise are not found in the city. Education Due to the increasing growth of the area, many schools have relocated or established branch campuses from Guayaquil and Quito to Samborondón. Most of them are exclusive private schools, among them Colegio Menor, Abdón Calderón, Torremar and Delta (belonging to Opus Dei), Nuevo Mundo, Liceo Panamericano, Moderna Sergio Pérez Valdez, Centro Educativo Naciones Unidas, La Moderna, CREAR and Monte Tabor. The German School Guayaquil inaugurated a second Kindergarten in Samborondón on April 13, 2009. There are 23 public elementary schools in the Canton. The first university located in the suburb was the Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, which opened its doors on 1994. Another university, Ecotec has relocated to the suburb. Since 2000 the ESPOL (Technical University of the littoral) has an annex called PROTCOM in Samborondón, though it only offers 2 courses, leading to a technical associate degree. Gallery References www.inec.gov.ec External links Local government of Samborondón University UEES Article of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation about the impact of the new city concept of security on young wealthy people from Samborondón (Spanish) Parque Histórico de Guayaquil (spanish) Jose 'Coco' Yunez Campaign page Populated places in Guayas Province