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Provincia de Ecuador

Sucumbíos Provincia

Sucumbíos is Ecuador's northeastern Amazon, centered on Lago Agrio, an oil boomtown. The province has faced environmental challenges from petroleum extraction. Not a tourist or expat destination.

Capital

Nueva Loja (Lago Agrio)

Clima

Hot tropical rainforest

Población

200,000

Costo de Vida

Bajo

Comunidad de Extranjeros

Minimal. Oil workers only.

Salud

Limited.

Conocida Por

  • •Oil industry
  • •Cuyabeno Reserve
  • •Environmental history
  • •Colombian border

Aeropuertos

Lago Agrio (LGQ)
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