Tena, Ecuador
Tena on the map of Ecuador
Tena (actually San Juan de los Dos Ríos del Tena ) is a town in Ecuador. It is the capital of the province of Napo and Canton Tena in the Amazon basin. The city has 19,898 inhabitants ( 2005 estimate ), and lies at 598 m above sea level at the confluence of the rivers Tena and Pano with the Misahuallí.
History
Official date Tenas valid November 15, 1560. Gil Ramirez Davalos The foundation will, then governor and captain-general of Quito, and his captain Bartolome Marín attributed. The first settlement Tena probably originated as a mission post of the Jesuits in the Amazon region around the city, founded in 1560 Archidona.
The region at that time was inhabited by indigenous groups that are collectively referred to Quijos. This denied the colonization and missionary work by the Spaniards, accompanied the economic exploitation and non-observance of traditional shrines. Under their commander Jumandi the Quijos attacked in a well-organized campaign in 1578 to the settlement Archidona near Tenas and destroyed it completely, with all the inhabitants were killed. Long the resistance, however, could not hold Jumandi was captured after an attack on Baeza and tortured to death in Quito. Today a monument in Tena reminiscent of the chief. The place Tena was insignificant until the late 19th century.
1884 Tena was the capital of the new canton of Napo ( since 1969 Canton Tena ) in 1861 established Oriente province. In 1921, the Oriente province was divided and Tena to the capital of the newly created province of Napo - Pastaza, which was divided into the provinces of Napo and Pastaza 1959. Massive population growth began only since the 1970s, when a hand came settlers from drought regions in the Andes to the Amazon lowlands, and on the other hand, there began oil production.
Presence
Tena is located away from the major oil fields and therefore, unlike other cities in the Ecuadorian Amazon basin (especially Nueva Loja ) do not experience such strong growth. It has an orderly, clean town, which does, however, without urban highlights. The city is surrounded by various hills. The main tourist attraction is the Parque Amazónico, a park with botanical garden and river beach on a peninsula between the rivers Tena and Pano.
In addition, Tena is the starting point for guided tours in the tropical rain forest that surrounds it (including Napo Galeras National Park Sumaco, named after the volcano Sumaco, the Napo River and the mountain chain Galeras ) and is possibly inhabited by indigenous communities. Rafting trips on the Misahuallí are popular.
The city also acts as a transshipment center for the agricultural products of the area. It is connected via a paved road about Baeza, with the capital Quito; Buses run several times a day. Tena has an airfield, which is however not served by scheduled flights.
The Escuela Superior Politécnica private Ecológica Amazónica ( Espea ) is based in Tena. It was founded in 1997 and offers in Tena and other cities of the Amazon basin studies in the fields of business administration, tourism, nursing, and ethno therapy, education and law at. Some other universities have branches in Tena.
Canton Tena
For Canton Tena on an area of 3895 km ² has about 46,000 inhabitants, include not only the capital of Tena nor the rural parishes Chontapunta, Ahuano, Puerto Misahuallí, Puerto Napo, Pano and Talag that are only sparsely populated due to the tropical rainforest.
Apart from tourism, agriculture is the main source of employment. Its main products include cocoa, tea, coffee, sugar cane, cassava ( yuca ), the products of the oil palm, tobacco and fruits ( especially naranjilla ) and beef. In addition, there is a Furniture industry, which produces from tropical woods; it also won Natural rubber and washed gold.
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