amazon region

AMAZON REGION

GROUP:• Irene Cabezas• Cristina Cabrera• Luis Torres C.

General information

The region Amazon region of the four natural regions of Ecuador .

The provinces of Orellana , Pastaza , Napo , Sucumbíos , Morona

Santiago , Zamora Chinchipe . UN extends over 120,000 km² area

of lush vegetation, typical of the humid forests tropical ,

represents 48% of the Ecuadorian territory. Its boundaries are

marked by the Andes Mountains in the western part of region,

while Peru and Colombia in the South and East , respectively limit

.

MORONA SANTIAGO

• It is a province of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Its capital is the city of Macas , which also is its most populous city. Their territory bordered to the north Pastaza , south of Zamora Chinchipe , east and west Peru Tungurahua , Azuay , Chimborazo and Cañar.

TOURISTIC PLACES: Cueva de los Tayos Cascada de Arapicos Lagunas de Sardinayacu Comunidades Shuar

CULTURE AND TRADITIONS

• This town is known universally as reducing human head, for his warrior spirit, not in force today. Among the most typical dishes is the ayampaco, prepared with fish or chicken, palm and spices, wrapped in banana leaves and roasted.

NAPO

The capital of the city is Tena. Sucumbíos limits the north with the south with Pastaza, west to Pichincha, Cotopaxi and Tungurahua and east with the Orellana province.

Gastronomy:

• Masato

• Chontacuro

• Chicha de chonta

• Maito o tipalpia

• Guanta

TOURISTIC PLACES

• Puerto Misahualli

• Rio malo waterfall

• San Rafael waterfall

• Cuevas de Jumandy

• Antisana Volcano

• Cayambe Coca natural reserve

• Papallacta

ZAMORA

LIMITS:

• North: Province of Morona Santiago

• South: Republic of the Peru

• East: Republic of the Peru

• West: Province of Loja

LANGUAGE:

• Spanish

• Shuar

• Kichwa

• SURFACE:

• This province has 10.572 km²

GENERAL INFORMATION

NAMED:

• “Mother Earth’s Lung, Source of Water and Life”.

• “Entry to the Amazonian region of the country”.

• “The mining capital of the Ecuador”.

ZAMORA: «Land of birds and waterfalls»

• National park Podocarpus:

TOURIST PLACES

• NANGARITZA: «An endless fluvial adventure»

• YANZATZA: «Valley of Fireflies»

• Waterfall El Tobogan:

• PALANDA: «The land with coffee flavor»

• Archaeological complex May Chinchipe:

SUCUMBIOS

GENERAL INFORMATION

LIMITS:

• North: Departments of Nariño y Putumayo (Colombia)

• South: Province of Napo and Orellana

• East: Departaments of Loreto (Peru)

• West: Province of Carchi, Imbabura and Pichincha

LANGUAGE:

• Spanish

• SURFACE:

• This province has 18.612 km²

TOURIST PLACES

• Biological Reservation Limoncocha:

Ethnic group Siona:

• Ethnic group Secoya:

• Lagoon Imuya:

ORELLANA

Orellana , North Central Province ( Ecuador ) , Ecuador Region , the capital of the province is Francisco de Orellana ( Coca ) . Sucumbios bordering north , the south with the province of Pastaza , Peru to the east and west by Napo . It has an area of 20,733 km²

Among its main attractions we can mention the Yasuni National Park, declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve , Sumaco volcano surrounded by a large biodiversity and natural viewpoint of the Amazonian plateau.

• Coca is a tourist center , where the Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmen is the Laguna de Taracoa , the resort Samana Huasi Museum CICAME , botanical garden Mushu Yura , Pañacocha and the Napo River are part of its attractions .

Orellana Province Amazon is also the only province that has no borders with the province of the Ecuadorian highlands .

PASTAZA• Pastaza , Pastaza Province

officially , is one of the 24 provinces that make up the Republic of Ecuador , located in the Amazon region of Ecuador . Named after the Pastaza River , which separates the south of the province of Morona Santiago. Its capital is the city of Puyo.

• Pastaza is a culturally rich province since seven indigenous nationalities live together with ordinary civilians. The main indigenous nationalities are: Achuar , Andoa , Shuar , Kichwa , Shiwiar , Waorani , and Zapara .

• One of the best ways to experience the cultural variety of Pastaza is visiting their friendly indigenous communities within the province, many local travel agencies offer very reasonable package tours where intercultural harmony through community tourism becomes a reality .

• Puyo Pastaza and its capital are committed to a tourist and ecological development , for these reasons in their capital city has already begun the system of classified waste collection and ecologically.

• The Garden orchids Puyo, is a unique place , which happens to be the patent shows that restoring the rainforest after this have been exploited and destroyed is very possible.