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Napo — Province — Province of Napo
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SealLocation of Napo Province in Ecuador. Cantons of Napo Province Coordinates: 0°59′20″N 77°48′57″W / 0.9890°N 77.8159°WCoordinates: 0°59′20″N 77°48′57″W / 0.9890°N 77.8159°W Country Ecuador Established October 22, 1959. Capital Tena, Ecuador Cantons List of Cantons Government - Mayor Area - Total 12,484 km2 (4,820.1 sq mi) Population - Total 79,139 - Urban 25,759 Time zone ECT (UTC-5) Napo is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Tena. The province contains the Napo River. The province is low developed without much industrial presence. The thick rainforest is home to many natives that remain isolated by preference, descendents of those who fled the Spanish invasion in the Andes, and the Incas years before. As of 2000, the province was the sole remaining majority-indigenous province of Ecuador, with 56.3% of the province either claiming indigenous identity or speaking an indigenous language.[1]
This province is one of the many located in Ecuador's section of the Amazon Rainforest.
In Napo province are also Antisana Ecological Reserve and Limoncocha National Biological Reserve.
Cantons
The province is divided into five cantons. The following table lists each with its population as of the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.[2]
Canton Pop. (2001) Area (km²) Seat/Capital Archidona 18,551 3,029 Archidona Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola 2,943 501 Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola El Chaco 6,133 3,473 El Chaco Quijos 5,505 1,577 Baeza Tena 46,007 3,904 Tena See also
References
- ^ [http://www.siise.gov.ec/Publicaciones/2inf9.pdf Informe Social 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
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