Napo Province

Napo is a province in Ecuador. Its caipital is Tena. The province contains the Napo River. The province is law developit athoot hintle industrial presence. The thick rainforest is hame tae mony natives that remain isolatit bi preference, descendents o those who fled the Spaingie invasion in the Andes, an the Incas years afore. As o 2000, the province wis the sole remainin majority-indigenous province o Ecuador, wi 56.3% o the province either claimin indigenous identity or speakin an indigenous leid.[1]

Napo
Province
Province o Napo
Banner o Napo
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Location o Napo Province in Ecuador.
Location o Napo Province in Ecuador.
Cantons o Napo Province
Cantons o Napo Province
Coordinates: 0°59′20″N 77°48′57″W / 0.9890°N 77.8159°W / 0.9890; -77.8159
KintraEcuador
Established22 October 1959.
CaipitalTena, Ecuador
CantonsLeet o Cantons
Area
 • Total12484 km2 (4,820 sq mi)
Population
 • Total79,139
 • Urban
25759
Time zoneUTC-5 (ECT)
The Andes in Ecuador, wi the volcanoes Antisana (left) an Cotopaxi (richt), as seen frae the Pichincha muntain.

This province is ane o the mony locatit in Ecuador's section o the Amazon Rainforest.

In Napo province are Antisana Ecological Reserve an Limoncocha Naitional Biological Reserve an aw.

Cantons

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The province is dividit intae five cantons. The follaein table leets each wi its population as o the 2001 census, its aurie in square kilometres (km²), an the name o the canton seat or caipital.[2]

CantonPop. (2001)Aurie (km²)Seat/Caipital
Archidona18,5513,029Archidona
Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola2,943501Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola
El Chaco6,1333,473El Chaco
Quijos5,5051,577Baeza
Tena46,0073,904Tena

See an aw

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References

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  1. Informe Social 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2011. Archived 2011-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.