Puerto Francisco de Orellana, commonly called Coca, is a city in the Ecuadorian Amazon and the capital of Orellana Province, at the confluence of the Coca and Napo rivers. It had a population of about 51,281 at the 2022 census and sits at an elevation of roughly 300 meters in a tropical rainforest climate. Named for the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana, the city functions as a gateway for rainforest tourism and is served by its own airport.
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Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Puerto Francisco de Orellana (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 51,281 (2022)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude -0.4625, longitude -76.984167
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 253 m
P2046 (area)
area 18.31 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 51281 (2022)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Puerto Francisco de Orellana - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3652743
-0.44967 -76.99724 P PPLA EC 24 2201 220150 48144 300 America/Guayaquil
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 300 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.25, -76.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -0.25, -76.75
-0.25 -76.75 Af
Puerto Francisco de Orellana (Wikipedia)
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Coca (pronounced [ˈkoka]) (also known as Puerto Francisco de Orellana (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto fɾanˈsisko ðe oɾeˈʝana]) or El Coca (pronounced [el ˈkoka])) is the capital of province of Orellana in eastern Ecuador.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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