The Pastaza River is a large tributary to the Marañón River in the northwestern Amazon Basin of South America.
Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces. The provinces of Ecuador and their capitals are:
Azuay, Province of Azuay is a province of Ecuador, created on 25 June 1824. It encompasses an area of 8,309.58 square kilometres (3,208.35 sq mi). Its capital is Cuenca. It is located in the south center of Ecuador in the highlands. Its mountains reach 4,500 m (14,800 ft) above sea level in the national park of El Cajas.
Cañar is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their conquest of the indigenous Cañari.
Pastaza is a province in the Oriente of Ecuador located in the eastern jungle. The capital is Puyo, founded on May 12, 1899 and which has 36,700 inhabitants. The city is now accessible by paved roads, a recent development; the main road from Baños follows the Pastaza river into the province.
Tungurahua is one of the twenty-four provinces of Ecuador. Its capital is Ambato. The province takes its name from the Tungurahua volcano, which is located within the boundaries of the provinces.
The Canelos-Quichua, also known as the Quichua of Pastaza, is an Indigenous people of Ecuador. They are a Lowland Quichua people, inhabiting the province of Pastaza on the banks of the Curaray, Bonbonaza, and Pastaza rivers, in Peru and Ecuador.
Záparo is a nearly dead language spoken by the Sápara or Záparo people of Ecuador. As of 2000, it was spoken by only one person out of a total population of 170 in Pastaza Province, between the Curaray River and Bobonaza Rivers. Záparo is also known as Zápara and Kayapwe. The members of the Záparo ethnic group now speak Quichua, though there is a language revival effort beginning. Záparo is sometimes confused with Andoa, though the two languages are distinct. Záparo has a subject–verb–object word order.
Arajuno is a jungle community in the Ecuadorian rainforest. It is also a Canton in the Pastaza Province. It is located on the Arajuno River, a tributary of the Curaray. The area is inhabited by Quichua Indians.
The Oriente is a region of eastern Ecuador, comprising the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes and the lowland areas of rainforest in the Amazon basin.
Puyo, also known as El Puyo, is the capital of Pastaza, a province in Ecuador. Puyo is located at an altitude of approximately 950 metres above sea level by the Puyo River, a tributary of the Pastaza River, which eventually leads into the Amazon River. True to its name, derived from the Kichwa word for "cloudy", the local climate is a wet one and the weather is often overcast.
Arajuno Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Pastaza Province. Its capital is the town of Arajuno. Its population at the 2001 census was 5,150.
Mera Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Pastaza Province. Its population at the 2010 census was 11.861. The canton is divided into 3 parishes: Mera, Shell and Madre Tierra. Its administrative capital is the town of Mera. However, most of the canton's population lives in the city of Shell. Rio Amazonas Airport is located in Shell and serves as a military base and hub for bushflying to remote communities in the Amazon.
Santa Clara Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Pastaza Province. Its capital is the town of Santa Clara. Its population at the 2001 census was 3,029.
Baños Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Tungurahua Province. Its capital is the town of Baños. Its population at the 2010 census was 20,018. The population of Banos in 2011 was 21,140
Canelos is a rural parish of the canton of Pastaza, in the province of Pastaza. It is located to the southeast of the city of Puyo.
Tarqui is an urban parish (parroquia) in Pastaza Canton, Pastaza, Ecuador.
Huasaga, also known as Cab. en Wampuik, is a rural parish located in the Taisha canton of Morona Santiago Province, in the Amazon region of Ecuador. The parish was officially established on February 20, 1989, and covers an area of 124,574.89 hectares. The population of the parish is estimated to be around 2,000 inhabitants, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) of Ecuador.
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