Aguarico Canton

Aguarico Canton
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Location of Orellana Province in Ecuador.

Cantons of Orellana Province
Coordinates: 0°55′16″S 75°23′57″W / 0.92111°S 75.39917°W / -0.92111; -75.39917Coordinates: 0°55′16″S 75°23′57″W / 0.92111°S 75.39917°W / -0.92111; -75.39917
Country  Ecuador
Province Orellana Province
Capital Nuevo Rocafuerte
Area
  Total 4,385.2 sq mi (11,357.7 km2)
Population (2001)
  Total 4,658
Time zone ECT (UTC-5)

Aguarico Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Orellana Province. Its capital is the town of Nuevo Rocafuerte. Its population at the 2001 census was 4,658.[1]

Aguarico is part of the Cuyabeno Natural Reserve and Yasuni National Park.

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, the town of Nuevo Rocafuerte officially became the new county seat of the Canton of Aguarico.

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Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010:[2]

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