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The relocation to Miramar of Máximo Palkhe, a businessman from Avellaneda (a suburb of Buenos Aires), in 1936, was followed by his decision to have a luxury hotel built on the shores of Mar Chiquita, a saline lake, in 1940. The decision led to the development of other tourist facilities in the hamlet, and Palkhe's Gran Hotel Vienna (named for ...
It is bordered on the north by San Miguel and Putumayo rivers and on the east and south by Peru.Oriente has an area of about 50,000 square miles (130,000 square km) and consists of little-explored and virtually unexploited tropical forest inhabited by a tiny fraction of the country's population, living mostly in small villages along the river courses.
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Stéphen Rostain , an archaeologist with France's National Center for Scientific Research, began excavations in the region during the 1990s. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] Exploration of the sites accelerated after the government of Ecuador funded a LIDAR survey of the Upano Valley in 2015, facilitating the discovery of many more settlements than had been ...
The Napo River (Spanish: Río Napo) is a tributary to the Amazon River that rises in Ecuador on the flanks of the east Andean volcanoes of Antisana, Sincholagua and Cotopaxi. The total length is 1,075 km (668 mi). The river drains an area of ca 103,000 km 2. The mean annual discharge at Mazán 6,800 m 3 /s (240,000 cu ft/s). [6] [7] [8]
Road map of Ecuador (Spanish). Highway in Cashapamba, Pichincha.Part of E35. The primary highways of Ecuador are designated with both a name and an alphanumeric designation. . The highway designations begin with the letter E followed by a number on a shield that looks like the ones of the USA interstate highw
The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well as most of the border with Peru. Known as the Putumayo within these three nations, it is called the Içá when it crosses into Brazil. The Putumayo originates in the Andes Mountains east of the city of Pasto, Colombia.
Pastaza (Spanish pronunciation:) is a province in the Oriente of Ecuador located in the eastern jungle. The capital is Puyo , founded on May 12, 1899, with a population of 33,325. The city is now accessible by paved roads, a recent development; the main road from Baños follows the Pastaza river into the province.