Napo Province
Napo | |
|---|---|
Province | |
| Province o Napo | |
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.svg) Location o Napo Province in Ecuador. | |
 Cantons o Napo Province | |
| Coordinates: 0°59′20″N 77°48′57″W / 0.9890°N 77.8159°W | |
| Kintra | Ecuador |
| Established | 22 October 1959. |
| Caipital | Tena, Ecuador |
| Cantons | Leet o Cantons |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12484 km2 (4,820 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 79,139 |
| • Urban | 25759 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (ECT) |
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]
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
[eedit | eedit soorce]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]
| Canton | Pop. (2001) | Aurie (km²) | Seat/Caipital |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Province of Napo. |
- ↑ Informe Social 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2011. Archived 2011-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
