Nuevo Rocafuerte is a town in

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. The capital of Aguarico Canton in Orellana Province, it was founded in 1942 as a result of a

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which displaced the inhabitants of the original settlement and subsequent border agreements which made this location a key border spot on the border with

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. It is the birthplace of 46th Ecuadorian president

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Climate

Nuevo Rocafuerte has a

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(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Sources

*''Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 1354. Populated places established in 1942 Populated places in Orellana Province 1942 establishments in Ecuador {{ecuador-geo-stub