Napo Province

Napo
Province
Province of Napo
Flag of Napo Flag
Location of Napo Province in Ecuador. Location of Napo Province in Ecuador.
Cantons of Napo Province Cantons of Napo Province
Coordinates:
Country	Ecuador
Established	October 22, 1959.
Capital	Tena, Ecuador
Cantons	List of Cantons
Area
• Total	12,542.50 km2 (4,842.69 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
• Total	103,697
• Density	8.3/km2 (21/sq mi)
• Urban	60,880
Time zone	ECT (UTC-5)
Vehicle registration	N
Website	www.napo.gob.ec

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, 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.

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 at the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km²), and the name of the canton seat or capital.

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

• Apostolic Vicariate of Napo, the coinciding Roman catholic missionary circonscription
• Provinces of Ecuador
• Cantons of Ecuador
• A'i (Cofan) people

Further reading

• Juncosa, Jose E. (ed.) (1997). Viajes por el Napo: cartas de un misionero (1924-1930). Quito: Abya-Yala. ISBN 9978042601