Napo Province

Coordinates: 0°59′20″S 77°48′57″W / 0.9890°S 77.8159°W / -0.9890; -77.8159
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Napo
Provincia de Napo
Province
Province of Napo
ECT)
Vehicle registrationN
HDI (2017)0.731[2]
high · 11th
Websitewww.napo.gob.ec

Napo (Spanish pronunciation:

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, descendants of those who fled the Spanish invasion in the Andes, and the Incas years before. In 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.[3]

This province is one of the many located in Ecuador's section of the

Amazon Rainforest
.

In Napo province are also Antisana Ecological Reserve, Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park, and Limoncocha National Biological Reserve.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[4]

Cantons

The province is divided into five

capital.[5]

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

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population and area of Napo Province
  2. ^ Villalba, Juan. "Human Development Index in Ecuador". Scribd (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  3. ^ "Informe Social 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 10, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  4. ^ "Resultados" (PDF).
  5. ^ Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

Further reading

  • Juncosa, Jose E. (ed.) (1997). Viajes por el Napo: cartas de un misionero (1924-1930). Quito: Abya-Yala.