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ORIENTE, OR LA REGION ORIENTALE

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 270 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORIENTE, OR LA REGION ORIENTALE , a large undefined territory of See also:Ecuador, comprising all that See also:part of the See also:republic lying See also:east of the See also:Andes. Pop. (1887 estimate), 8o,000. The territory was formed in 1884 from the older territories of Napo, Canelos and See also:Zamora, but its boundaries with the neighbouring republics of See also:Colombia and See also:Peru are disputed. The territory is covered with See also:great forests, inhabited by See also:wild See also:Indians, and its See also:climate is hot and exceptionally humid. There are some See also:mission settlements and trading stations in the Andean foothills and on some of the See also:river courses, one of which is Archidona, on a small tributary of the Napo, which is the nominal See also:capital.

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