Loreto Canton is a canton of

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, located in the

Orellana Province Orellana () is an inland Provinces of Ecuador, province of Ecuador. The capital is Puerto Francisco de Orellana (also known as Coca). It was created on July 30, 1998, from part of Napo Province. The name of the province derives from the explore ...

. Its capital is the town of Loreto. Its population at the 2001 census was 13,462.

Demographics

Ethnic groups as of the

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of 2010: * Indigenous 67.4% *

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27.3% *

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2.9% *

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1.5% *Montubio 0.6% *Other 0.2%

References

Cantons of Orellana Province {{Ecuador-geo-stub