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Amazonian Kichwas are a grouping of indigenous Kichwa peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon, with minor groups across the borders of Colombia and Peru.Amazonian Kichwas consists of different ethnic peoples, including Napo Kichwa (or Napu Runa, as they call themselves, living in the Napo and Sucumbíos provinces, with some parts of their community living in Colombia and Peru) and Canelos Kichwa ...
The capital is Puerto Francisco de Orellana (also known as Coca). It was created on July 30, 1998, from part of Napo Province. The name of the province derives from the explorer Francisco de Orellana who it is told to have sailed from somewhere near the town to the Atlantic Ocean. He did this trip several times looking for the gold city of El ...
Joya de los Sachas is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Orellana Province. Its capital is the town of La Joya de los Sachas . Its population at the 2001 census was 26,363.
Buildings and structures in Orellana Province (1 P) G. Geography of Orellana Province (2 C, 4 P) P. People from Orellana Province (1 C, 3 P) T.
The city is named for Francisco de Orellana, who explored the confluence of the Coca River and the Napo River. It is believed that he set sail from the current location of the town eventually making his way into the Amazon River seeing the "Amazon" or tribes in which the women also fought. Eventually Francisco de Orellana made it to the Atlantic.
In 1500, the Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was the first European to navigate the mouth of the Amazon River. [7] On 26 August 1542, the Spaniard Francisco de Orellana reached the mouth of the Amazon River waterway, by river from Quito, Ecuador. [8]
The Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana, who was the first European to navigate the full length of the Amazon River (1541–42), reported densely populated regions running hundreds of kilometers along the river, although the people there left no lasting monuments, possibly because they used local wood as their construction material.
Santarém (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃taˈɾẽj]) is a town and municipality in the western part of the state of Pará in Brazil.Located at the confluence of the Tapajós and Amazon Rivers, it has become a popular tourist destination.