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Nueva Loja
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city in Ecuador, capital of the Sucumbíos Province
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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
Travel guide
Sleep
Hotel de Mario Hotel Selva Real. Av Quito 261 with Columbia St. Hot water, working internet, clean rooms and aircon. Double with private bathroom (and hot water) is $20.
Stay safe
Be careful in this area. The long running conflict in Colombia creates spillover along the northern border of Ecuador. Drug trafficking activities and general lawlessness in this area create plenty of opportunities for a tourist to find trouble. Activities in this area are best pursued through organized tours where the guides will likely know what areas to avoid. If you want to go alone, you should advise the embassy or somebody not travelling with you of your travel plans and return date.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Overview
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nueva Loja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.