Pastaza Province - Ecuador

The Province of Pastaza is one of the 24 provinces that make up the Republic of Ecuador, located in the northeast of the country, in the geographical area known as the Amazon region. Its administrative capital is the city of Puyo, which is also its largest and most populated city. It occupies a territory of about 29,520 km², being the largest province of the country by extension. It borders on the north with Napo and Orellana, on the west with Tungurahua, on the south with Morona Santiago and on the east with the department of Loreto belonging to Peru.

It is one of the most important administrative, economic, financial and commercial centers of the Amazon. Its economy is based on trade, tourism, livestock and agriculture. The largest extraction industries in the province are made up of timber and agriculture (fish farming, poultry farming, etc.); the provision of services as civil servants, public employees, small industry and manufacturing are still important.