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- Lago Agrio: 259km (161 miles) NE of Quito; 674km (419 miles) NE of Guayaquil; 700km (435 miles) NE of Cuenca Sitting on the shores of the Aguarico River, Lago Agrio, which means Sour Lake, is the main port city and access point for Ecuador's northern Amazon Basin. It is the capital of Sucumbíos province, and has a population of nearly 70,000.
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Lago Agrío is a lagoon in Sucumbíos, Ecuador. Lago Agrío is situated nearby to the villages La Laguna and Buena Vista. Map.
- Lago Agrio Map - Oilfield - Sucumbíos, Ecuador - Mapcarta
Lago Agrio is an oilfield in Sucumbíos, Ecuador. Mapcarta,...
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Nueva Loja (new Loja) was sparsely settled by colonizers who came directly from the southern Ecuadorian province of Loja. When they arrived in the Amazon, they named the site after the colony they had just established. In the 1960s, Nueva Loja mushroomed in size and importance, as a base camp for the US oil company Texaco. According to some sources...
Like most of Ecuador’s Amazon basin, Lago Agrio has a warm, rainy climate. The heaviest rainfall comes during the Northern Hemisphere’s summer (June through August). Temperatures range from about 23º C to 35 º C. See our packing listfor advice about preparing adequately for your trip to Ecuador
Buses leave Quito’s Terminal Terrestre Cumandá for Lago Agrio about every 20 minutes. The trip from Quito is about 7 hours and the cost should be about $8. Buses also go between Lago Agrio and Tena, Coca, and Baeza several times a day. You can also fly to Lago Agrio from Quitoon TAME or Aerogal.
There are few sites of interest in Lago Agrio itself. As mentioned above, most visitors just stop through here for as short a time as possible, before continuing on to organized jungle tours in Cuyabeno Reserve and Limoncocha Biological Reserve.
Lago Agrio is an oilfield in Sucumbíos, Ecuador. Mapcarta, the open map. ... Open Location Code. 67G53282+M2. ... Lago Agrio Satellite Map
Lago Agrio. Ecuador, South America. This town pulses with the life of the oil industry, a chaotic market, dusty streets, thick traffic and gritty bars. The first oil workers nicknamed Lago Agrio ‘bitter lake,’ after Sour Lake, Texas, the former home of Texaco, which pioneered local drilling.
Nueva Loja in Ecuador, Cities, Travel Destinations. Nueva Loja is the official name for Lago Agrio. Loja has a rather sizable population of 26,000 people. The town came into existence largely due to the establishment of oil fields by the Texan oil company Texaco in the area.
Sucumbíos (Spanish pronunciation: [sukumˈbi.os]) is a province in northeast Ecuador. The capital and largest city is Nueva Loja (normally referred to as Lago Agrio). It is the fifth largest province in the country, with an area of 18,084 km 2. In 2010, it had a population of 176,472 inhabitants.
Nueva Loja - Lago Agrio. Nueva Loja is a small town in the Amazon of Ecuador. Known as Lago Agrío. Nueva Loja is the capital of Sucumbíos Province. Tourists visit this city due to its proximity to the reserves Cuyabeno and Limoncocha. Lago Agrío is also a place to start a jungle tour.
