Puyo

Puyo additionally known as El Puyo, is the capital of Pastaza, a province in Ecuador. Puyo is positioned at an altitude of approximately 950 AMSL by means of the Puyo River, a tributary of the Pastaza River, which sooner or later leads into the Amazon River. True to its name, derived from the Kichwa phrase for "cloudy", the nearby weather is a wet one and the climate is regularly overcast. Puyo was based in 1899. Located among Baños, and the Amazonian cities of Tena and Macas, Puyo is the economic, cultural and political capital of the vicinity. The town is hooked up by way of avenue to Ambato, Tena, and Macas and from there to the important city areas of Ecuador. In overdue 2006, the metropolis had approximately 25,000 population.

It was the quickest growing town in Ecuador in 2006. The seasonal changes inside the climate are fantastically small, and daylight temperature commonly variety between 18-24 °C, with solar and normally short, but heavy periods of rain each day. A small airport is placed in the small metropolis of Shell, approximately 10 kilometres 6.2 mi north-west of Puyo. Small aircraft, each non-public and commercial, depart every day to small airstrips inside the Amazon Rainforest, and sometimes to Quito inside the case of excessive scientific emergencies.