Official Name: | Lago Agrio Canton |
Settlement Type: | Canton |
Image Map1: | Cantones de Sucumbíos.png |
Map Caption1: | Cantons of Sucumbíos Province |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ecuador |
Subdivision Name1: | Sucumbíos Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Capital |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 3134 |
Population As Of: | 2022 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 105044 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | ECT |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 0.0847°N -76.8828°W |
Lago Agrio Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Sucumbíos Province. Its capital is the town of Nueva Loja. Its population at the 2001 census was 66,788.[2] The region contains the Lago Agrio oil field which is at the heart of a high-profile court case against Chevron.