Guayquil is a city with a population of over 3 and a half million. Being the main business and economic axis of Ecuador. With a number of more than 500,000 people as a temporary population (floating, does not reside in Gye)
70% of the 15,000 Covid infected as of May 4, 2020 are in Guayaquil. According to the INEC (National Institute of Statistics and Census) of Ecuador, Guayaquil accounts for approximately 35% of GDP
I am not 100% sur, but I think there is a paper of Krugman on the case of the imortant cities devoted to exporting raw materials in emerging economies.