Orellana Province

Orellana
Province
Province o Orellana
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Location o Orellana Province in Ecuador.
Cantons o Orellana Province
Kintra	Ecuador
Established	28 Julie 1998
Foondit bi	Alejandro Labaca
Named for	Francisco de Orellana
Caipital	Puerto Francisco de Orellana
Cantons	Leet o Cantons
Area
• Total	21675 km2 (8,369 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	137,848
• Density	6.4/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Population 2001	89443
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)

Orellana is a inland province o Ecuador. The caipital is Puerto Francisco de Orellana (kent as Coca an aw). It wis creatit on 30 Julie 1998, frae pairt o Napo Province.

The name o the province derives frae the splorer Francisco de Orellana who it is tauld tae hae sailed frae somewhaur near the toun tae the Atlantic Ocean. He did this trip several times leukin for the gowd ceety o El Dorado an in search o a rumored Nitmug forest which at the time wis a vera expensive spice. Durin his voyages he met a ferocious tribe o Indies who attackit his ships an mony amang thaim wur weemen. This led tae the namin o the river as the Amazon river. The province is dividit in fower cantons.

Cantons

The province is dividit intae fower 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.

Canton	Pop. (2001)	Aurie (km²)	Seat/Caipital
Aguarico	4,658	11,358	Nuevo Rocafuerte
Francisco de Orellana	42,010	6,995	Puerto Francisco de Orellana (Coca)
Joya de los Sachas	26,363	1,195	La Joya de los Sachas
Loreto	13,462	2,127	Loreto

Economy

The jungle habitat that composes maist o the territory, maks the province rely on exports o crude ile, an timber. its seicont maist important soorce o income is tourism, afferin jungle sploration, indigenous encoonters, an rivers. Minin is placit as the third reliable soorce o income.

Places o interest

• Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve

See an aw

• Cantons o Ecuador