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According to some sources, the city was then called Source Lake, but was later changed to Lago Agrio (sour lake) because foreign oil workers suffered from long work days and strenuous working conditions.
It was originally named after the town of Sour Lake, Texas by Texaco when the company established the oil-producing settlement. Lago Agrio is Spanish for "Sour Lake". The official name of the Ecuadorian town is Nueva Loja. Its current name originates from the fact that the first colonizers came from the Southern Province of Loja.
When a consortium of foreign multinationals discovered crude oil in Ecuador in the late 1960’s, Lago Agrio was among the first oil towns to be carved from the depths of the Amazon. Literally “Sour Lake” and also known as Nueva Loja, the sprawling municipality has become an unlikely target for international media attention. There ...
The Lago Agrio field is known internationally for the serious ecological problems that oil development has created there, including water pollution, soil contamination, deforestation and cultural upheaval.
Lago Agrio. 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.
Dec 11, 2013 · Deep in the Ecuadorian jungle, sitting along the shores of the Aguarico River, sits Lago Agrio. [1] This city, with a population of seventy thousand, serves as the main port for the Amazonian basin and provides the only link to Ecuador’s most remote jungles. [2]
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The Lago Agrio canton is also known as Nueva Loja, it is the capital of the province and is the epicenter of the country`s oil exploitation. Along the banks of the Aguarico River, beautiful beaches are formed where sporting and artistic events take place, especially on weekends and during local festivities.
