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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 White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White o ...
0.8% *Montubio 0.1% *Other 0.1%


Places of interest

*
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