Nueva Loja
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Place details
- Locality
- Nueva Loja
- Region
- Sucumbíos
- Country
- Ecuador
- Population
- 24,211
- Timezone
- America/Guayaquil
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Ecuador
- Province
- Sucumbíos
- Canton
- Lago Agrio
- Founded
- May 5, 1971
- City
- 21.65 km (8.36 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 297 m (974 ft)
- Density
- 2,569/km (6,655/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Neolojano, -a
- Area code
- (+593) 06
- Climate
- Af
- Website
- www.lagoagrio.gob.ec (in Spanish)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Inception
- 5 May 1971
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Nueva Loja
- Demonym
- Neolojano
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Lago Agrio Canton
- Population
- +55627
- Area
- +17.81
- Elevation
- +297
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Capital of
- Lago Agrio Canton
- Official website
- www.lagoagrio.gob.ec
Article
Nueva Loja ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnweβa ˈloxa] noo-EV-ə LOH-(k)hə), also known as Lago Agrio (pronounced [ˈlaɣo aˈɣɾjo] LAG-oh ə-GREE-oh), is the capital of the province of Sucumbíos in Ecuador. It was founded in the 1960s as a base camp of Texaco. The official population as of the 2022 census is 55,627.
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