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Puyo, Ecuador - Shuar

Puyo, Pastaza province, in the Oriente of Ecuador located in the eastern jungle. The Pastaza River enters the province from the west and as the landscape flattens, meanders on to the Napo, a tributary of the Amazon.

Pastaza is the largest province in Ecuador and the richest in biodiversity. To the north of Pastaza are the provinces Napo and Orellana, to the south is Morona Santiago, to the east is the country of Peru, and to the west are the provinces Tungurahua and Moronga Santiago. The total population is about 62,110 inhabitants.

The people who speak the Shuar language live in tropical rainforest between the upper mountains of the Andes, and the tropical rainforests and savannas of the Amazonian lowlands.

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