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The Oriente is a region of eastern , comprising the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian and the lowland areas of rainforest in the Amazon basin.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lago Agrio and Tena.

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or Nueva Loja is a city in the Amazon region of . It is the capital of the province of Sucumbios and was founded in the 1960s as a base camp by Texaco. This city is the entrance to the southern part of the Ecuadorian Amazonas Jungle…

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is a town in 's Amazon jungle area. It is the capital of the Napo Province and a quiet city in the Amazon rainforest. It is known as the “cinnamon capital" of Ecuador.

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, also known as El , is a city in the Amazon region of . It is often overshadowed by the nearby tourist magnet of , but serves as an excellent base for trips to community-based tourism projects and jungle excursions.

Destinations to Discover

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is a city in southeastern ; it is the capital of Zamora-Chinchipe province and the seat of . is the principal and most populous city in Zamora-Chinchipe.

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is well-known to be one of the areas with the most biodiversity on earth. The reserve is located in the Sucumbíos province, in the part of the Amazon rainforest.

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is a village at an altitude of 3,300 metres in , . Its population is 635 as of 2022.

is a town in . The capital of in , it was founded in 1942 as a result of a battle which displaced the inhabitants of the and subsequent border agreements which made this location a key border spot on the border with .

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National Biological Reserve is a is located 229 miles from , . The reserve includes over 11,000 acres of land in the , .

Amazon

Latitude of center
-0.8° or 0° 48′ south
Longitude of center
-76.9° or 76° 54′ west
Wiki­data ID
Q7102414
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Amazon” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Oriente (Ekuador)”
  • Basque: “Oriente”
  • Chinese: “埃尔奥连特”
  • Dutch: “Oriente”
  • Esperanto: “Ekvadora Amazonio”
  • Esperanto: “orienta regiono de Ekvadoro”
  • French: “Oriente”
  • German: “Oriente”
  • Hebrew: “אזור יערות האמזונס של אקוודור”
  • Italian: “Ecuador amazzonico”
  • Italian: “Oriente”
  • Portuguese: “Amazônia Equatoriana”
  • Slovenian: “Oriente”
  • Spanish: “Region amazonica del Ecuador”
  • Spanish: “Región amazónica del Ecuador”
  • Spanish: “Región Amazónica”
  • Ukrainian: “Орієнте (Еквадор)”
  • Ukrainian: “Орієнте”
  • Venetian: “Ecuador amazònego”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Amazon”. Photo: Geoff Gallice, CC BY 2.0.