Morona Santiago

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Morona Santiago is a largely rainforest-covered province in southeastern Ecuador known for its Amazonian biodiversity and significant Indigenous Shuar population.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Morona Canton 1
Morona Santiago canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf province of Ecuador
administrativeDivisionOf Ecuadorian Amazon region
biodiversityRegion Tropical Andes and Amazon transition zone
borderedBy Azuay Province
Cañar Province
Chimborazo Province
Pastaza Province
Peru
Zamora-Chinchipe Province
capital Macas
climate humid tropical climate
contains Amazon lowlands
Andean foothills
country Ecuador
countrySubdivisionOf Ecuador
demographicCharacteristic significant Indigenous population
significant Shuar population
governingBody Provincial Government of Morona Santiago
hasBiodiversity high species richness
hasCulturalHeritage Indigenous Amazonian cultures
Shuar traditions
hasEcosystem cloud forest
tropical rainforest
hasIndigenousLanguage Shuar language
hasIndigenousPopulation Shuar people
hasMajorRiver Morona River
Santiago River
hasNaturalFeature dense rainforest
mountainous terrain
volcanic landscapes
hasNaturalResource freshwater resources
hasProtectedArea Sangay National Park
hasTourismType ecotourism
knownFor Amazonian biodiversity
rainforest-covered landscape
locatedIn Amazon rainforest
southeastern Ecuador
locatedOnContinent South America
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Amazon Basin
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
cattle ranching
small-scale mining
timber extraction
timeZone Ecuador Time
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteWithin Sangay National Park
UTCOffset UTC−05:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macas isMunicipalSeatOf Morona Canton
linked to: Morona Santiago
Amazonía Ecuatoriana includesProvince Morona Santiago