The Canelos-Quichua, also known as the Quichua of Pastaza, is an
Indigenous people of Ecuador
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, or Native Ecuadorians, are the groups of people who were present in what became Ecuador before the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The term also includes their descendants from the time of the Spanish conques ...
. They are a Lowland Quichua (Runa Shimi) people, inhabiting the province of
Pastaza on the banks of the
Curaray
The Curaray River (also called the Ewenguno River or Rio Curaray) is a river in eastern Ecuador and Peru. It is a tributary of the Napo River, which is a part of the Amazon basin. The land along the river is home to several indigenous people group ...
, Bonbonaza, and
Pastaza rivers, in
Peru
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and
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: ''Eku ...
.
Indigenous peoples of the Amazon
Ethnic groups in Ecuador
Ethnic groups in Peru
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador
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