Napo () 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.
Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: Indigenous 56.8% Mestizo 38.1% White 2.7% Afro-Ecuadorian 1.6% Montubio 0.6% Other 0.2%
Cantons The province is divided into five cantons. The following table lists each with its population at the 2001 census, its area in square kilometres (km2), and the name of the canton seat or capital.Cantons of Ecuador. Statoids.com. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
Canton Pop. (2001) Area (km2) Seat/Capital Archidona 18,551 3,029 Archidona Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola 2,943 501 Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola El Chaco 6,133 3,473 El Chaco Quijos 5,505 1,577 Baeza Tena 46,007 3,904 Tena
See also Apostolic Vicariate of Napo, the coinciding Roman Catholic missionary circonscription Provinces of Ecuador Cantons of Ecuador A'i (Cofan) people
References
Further reading Juncosa, Jose E. (ed.) (1997). Viajes por el Napo: cartas de un misionero (1924-1930). Quito: Abya-Yala.