Sucumbíos Province

Sucumbios
Province
Province o Sucumbios
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Location o Sucumbíos Province in Ecuador.
Cantons o Sucumbíos Province
Kintra	Ecuador
Established	11 Februar 1989.
Caipital	Nueva Loja
Cantons	Leet o Cantons
Govrenment
• Teep	Provincial
Area
• Total	18009 km2 (6,953 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	174,522
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
• Urban	50198
Time zone	UTC-5 (ECT)

Sucumbíos is a province in northeast Ecuador. The caipital an lairgest ceety is Nueva Loja (kent as Lago Agrio an aw). It is the fift lairgest province in the kintra, wi an aurie o 18,009 km². As o 1998, it haes a population o 144,774 inhabitants.

Geografie

Sucumbíos is bundit on the north bi Colombie, on the sooth bi Napo an Orellana, on the wast bi Carchi an Imbabura, on the soothwast bi Pichincha, an on the east bi Peru. Sucumbíos is the anerlie province in Ecuador that borders twa different kintras.

The province is ane o the sax provinces in the Amazon Region, a natural region o Ecuador.

Orografie

The wastren aurie o the province belangs tae the Eastren Andes Muntains, whare maist rivers in the province hae their sources. The maist important elevation in the province is the Reventador, an active volcano. The eastren portion o the province is pairt o the Amazon Basin, wi heich temperaturs.

Hydrography

The main river in the province is the Aguarico River. It passes close tae Nueva Loja, an empties into the Napo, on the Peruvian border. ither important rivers are the Putumayo, which marks the border wi Colombie, an the Coca an Napo Rivers, in the sooth.

History

Sucumbíos wis an unsplorit aurie, whare anerlie indigenous fowk livit, till ile wis discovered in its soil. In 1979, efter nine years o foondation, Nueva Loja became the seat o its awn canton, Lago Agrio Canton, in the Napo Province. On 13 Februar 1989, Sucumbíos became the 21st province in the kintra when it separatit frae Napo.

Economy

The maist important naitural resoorce in the province is ile, the Lago Agrio ile field. Thus, Sucumbíos is ane o the maist important provinces in the kintra, economically.

Poleetical diveesions

The province is dividit intae seiven 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
Cascales	7,409	1,248	El Dorado de Cascales
Cuyabeno	6,643	3,875	Tarapoa
Gonzalo Pizarro	6,964	2,223	Lumbaqui
Lago Agrio	66,788	3,139	Nueva Loja (Lago Agrio)
Putumayo	6,171	3,559	Puerto Carmen
Shushufindi	32,184	2,463	Shushufindi
Sucumbíos	2,836	1,502	La Bonita

Places o interest

• Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve

See an aw

• Provinces o Ecuador
• Cantons o Ecuador