Pedro Carbo is a town located in the coastal Guayas, Ecuador, near Manabi province. It is located at the 63 kilometer marker on the road from Guayaquil to Manabi. It is the seat of Pedro Carbo Canton, founded in 1984. As of the census of 2001, there are 36,711 people residing within canton limits. A new census was conducted in 2010 but results are yet unknown. The city is named after Pedro Carbo Noboa, a 19th century politician, diplomat and writer from Guayaquil
