Q1016071
Sign in to saveright|thumb|200px|Banana blossoms in Puyo, Pastaza|Puyo.(Photo: Martin Zeise, Berlin) right|thumb|200px|Bridge over the Pastaza River|river Pastazas between Puyo and Macas.(Photo: André Hübner) Sarayaku (Quechuan: "The River of Corn"; also transcribed Sarayacu) is a territory and a village situated by the Bobonaza River in the province of Pastaza in the southern part of el Oriente, the Amazonic region of Ecuador. The territory incorporates a number of villages.
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- Ecotourism
- Conflict with government and multi-national petroleum companies
- Representation in other media
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right|thumb|200px|Banana blossoms in Puyo, Pastaza|Puyo.(Photo: Martin Zeise, Berlin) right|thumb|200px|Bridge over the Pastaza River|river Pastazas between Puyo and Macas.(Photo: André Hübner) Sarayaku (Quechuan: "The River of Corn"; also transcribed Sarayacu) is a territory and a village situated by the Bobonaza River in the province of Pastaza in the southern part of el Oriente, the Amazonic region of Ecuador. The territory incorporates a number of villages.
It has a total population figure of between 1,000 and 2,000 Kichwa-speaking people, who call themselves the Runa people of Sarayaku, or the Sarayaku people. The leader of the Sarayaku people is Tupak Viteri (2022).
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