Napo Province
Napo
Provincia de Napo | |
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Province | |
| Province of Napo | |
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Flag | |
Location of Napo Province in Ecuador. | |
Cantons of Napo Province | |
| Coordinates: 0°59′24″S 77°49′00″W / 0.99°S 77.8167°W | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Established | October 22, 1959 |
| Capital | Tena |
| Cantons | List of Cantons |
| Government | |
| • Provincial Prefect | José Toapanta |
| Area | |
• Province | 12,513 km2 (4,831 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
• Province | 131,675 |
| • Density | 10.523/km2 (27.255/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 44,675 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (ECT) |
| Vehicle registration | N |
| HDI (2017) | 0.731 high · 11th |
| Website | www |
Napo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnapo]) is a province of Ecuador. Its capital is Tena. The province is named after the Napo River. The province is not well developed and does not have much industrial presence. The thick rainforest is home to many natives that remain isolated by preference, descendants of those who fled the Spanish invasion in the Andes, and the Incas years before. In 2000, the province was the sole remaining majority-indigenous province of Ecuador, with 56.3% of the province either claiming indigenous identity or speaking an indigenous language.
This province is one of the many located in Ecuador's section of the Amazon rainforest.
In Napo province are also Antisana Ecological Reserve, Sumaco Napo-Galeras National Park, and Limoncocha National Biological Reserve.