Aguarico Canton is a
canton of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
, located in the
Orellana Province
Orellana () is an inland province of Ecuador. The capital is Puerto Francisco de Orellana (also known as Coca). It was created on July 30, 1998, from part of Napo Province.
The name of the province derives from the explorer Francisco de Orella ...
. Its capital is the town o
Nuevo Rocafuerte Its population at the 2010 census was 4,658 INEC 2010.
Aguarico is part of the
Cuyabeno Natural Reserve and
Yasuni National Park Yasuni can mean:
* Yasuni National Park in Ecuador
* The Yasuní-ITT Initiative, a proposal to refrain from exploiting oil reserves within the park
* Lophostoma yasuni, a species of bat
* Osteocephalus yasuni, a species of frog
* Yasuni antwren, a ...
.
History
Aguarico dates from the late nineteenth century during an estate boom on the banks of the
Napo River in the Amazon region. During the invasion of Peru in Ecuador in 1941, Rocafuerte was taken by the Peruvian army after defeating the Ecuadorian military garrison on 11 August of that year. Following the armed conflict, almost all rubber plantations were abandoned.
On 22 February 1945, by order of President
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods.
* Jose ben Abin
* Jose ben Akabya
*Jose the Galile ...
, the town of
Nuevo Rocafuerte officially became the new county seat of the Canton of Aguarico.
Parishes
*
Nuevo Rocafuerte
* Cononaco
* Tiputini
* Yasuní
* Santa María Huiririma
* Capitán Augusto Rivadeneira.
Demographics
Ethnic groups as of the
Ecuadorian census of 2010:
*
Indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
77.4%
*
Mestizo 20.1%
*
Afro-Ecuadorian 1.4%
*
White
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0.8%
*Montubio 0.1%
*Other 0.1%
Places of interest
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Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
The Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve ( es, Reserva de Producción Faunística Cuyabeno) is the second largest reserve of the 56 national parks and protected areas in Ecuador. It is located in the Putumayo Canton in the Sucumbíos Province and in th ...
References
External links
Official site
Cantons of Orellana Province
{{Cantons of Ecuador