Lago Agrio

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Lago Agrio is an oil-industry hub and provincial capital in northeastern Ecuador, known for its role in Amazonian petroleum extraction and related environmental controversies.

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Lago Agrio canonical 2
Lago Agrio (Nueva Loja) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
provincial capital
airportIATAcode LGQ
associatedWith Chevron–Texaco environmental litigation
capitalOf Sucumbíos Province
climate tropical rainforest climate
country Ecuador
countryOfficialLanguage Spanish
countrySubdivision Sucumbíos Province
economicSector hydrocarbon sector
ecosystem humid tropical forest
environmentalMovement local anti-pollution activism
governingBody Municipality of Lago Agrio
hasAirport Lago Agrio Airport
hasAlternativeName Lago Agrio (Nueva Loja)
linked to: Lago Agrio

Nueva Loja
hasEnvironmentalIssue oil pollution
soil contamination
water contamination
hasNearbyOilFields Lago Agrio oil field
Shushufindi oil field
hasNearbyOilInfrastructure oil wells
pipelines
separation facilities
hasPopulationRange 20000–60000 inhabitants
hasServiceRole base for Amazonian exploration
logistics center for oil operations
isOilIndustryHub true
knownFor Amazonian petroleum extraction
environmental controversies
oil-related legal disputes
languageUsed Spanish
locatedIn Sucumbíos Province
locatedInBasin Amazon Basin
locatedInRegion Amazon rainforest
northeastern Ecuador
locatedInTimeZone Ecuador Time
locatedNear Colombian border
namedAfter Lago Agrio oil field
officialName Nueva Loja
partOf Ecuadorian Amazon
primaryEconomicActivity oil services
petroleum extraction
primaryIndustry oil industry
regionType frontier oil town
roadConnection connected to Quito by highway
timeZoneUTCOffset UTC−05:00
transportRole regional transport hub

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Nueva Loja alternateName Lago Agrio
Lago Agrio hasAlternativeName Lago Agrio (Nueva Loja)
linked to: Lago Agrio