This document provides information about the Amazon region of Ecuador and some of its provinces. It discusses the general geography and boundaries of the Amazon region. It then provides details about the provinces of Morona Santiago, Napo, Zamora Chinchipe, Sucumbios, Orellana, and Pastaza. For each province it discusses their capital cities, borders, languages spoken, tourist attractions, and cultural traditions.

1. AMAZON REGION
GROUP:
• Irene Cabezas
• Cristina Cabrera
• Luis Torres C.

2. 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 .

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. TOURISTIC PLACES
• Puerto Misahualli
• Rio malo waterfall
• San Rafael waterfall
• Cuevas de Jumandy
• Antisana Volcano
• Cayambe Coca natural
reserve
• Papallacta

7. ZAMORA

8. 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

9. NAMED:
• “Mother Earth’s Lung, Source of
Water and Life”.
• “Entry to the Amazonian region
of the country”.
• “The mining capital of the
Ecuador”.

10. ZAMORA: «Land of birds
and waterfalls»
• National park Podocarpus:
TOURIST PLACES

11. • NANGARITZA: «An
endless fluvial adventure»

12. • YANZATZA: «Valley of
Fireflies»
• Waterfall El Tobogan:

13. • PALANDA: «The land with
coffee flavor»
• Archaeological complex May
Chinchipe:

14. SUCUMBIOS

15. 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

16. TOURIST PLACES
• Biological Reservation
Limoncocha:

17. Ethnic group Siona:

18. • Ethnic group Secoya:

19. • Lagoon Imuya:

20. 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

21. 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.

22. • 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 .

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

24. 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.

25. • 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 .

26. • 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 .

27. • 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.

28. • 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.