Mera 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: ''Eku ...
, located in the
Pastaza Province
Pastaza () is a province in the Oriente of Ecuador located in the eastern jungle. The capital is Puyo, founded on May 12, 1899 and which has 36,700 inhabitants. The city is now accessible by paved roads, a recent development; the main road from ...
. Its population at the 2010 census was 11.861.
The canton is divided into 3 parishes: Mera, Shell and Madre Tierra.
Its administrative capital is the town of
Mera. However, most of the canton's population lives in the city of
Shell
Shell may refer to:
Architecture and design
* Shell (structure), a thin structure
** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
** Thin-shell structure
Science Biology
* Seashell, a hard o ...
(pop. 8.752).
Rio Amazonas Airport is located in Shell and serves as a military base and hub for bushflying to remote communities in the Amazon.
at pastaza.gob.ec
References
Cantons of Pastaza Province
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