Nueva Loja
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Nueva Loja

Ecuador · Sucumbios

Nueva Loja, also known as Lago Agrio, is the capital of the province of Sucumbios in Ecuador. It was founded in the 1960s as a base camp of Texaco. The official population as of the 2022 census is 55,627.

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Local time
UTC-5 · 1 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region
Sucumbios
Main language
Spanish
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0.09° N, 76.89° W

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