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Santa Cruz Destination Guide

Discover Santa Cruz in Ecuador

Santa Cruz in the region of Sucumbios is a place located in Ecuador - some 118 mi or ( 189 km ) East of Quito , the country's capital .

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Local time in Santa Cruz is now 10:43 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Guayaquil " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tulcan, Teteye, Santa Cecilia, Quito, and Puerto Francisco de Orellana. When in this area, you might want to check out Tulcan . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Santa Cruz ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Blood of the Amazon

2:20 min by Nicola Peel
Views: 2506 Rating: 4.85

This feature length documentary shows the journey one woman took from the headwaters in Ecuador along the Amazon to Brazil, investigating the effects of the oil industry on the environment and indigen ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Lago Agrio Airport

Lago Agrio Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto de Lago Agrio) is an airport serving Nueva Loja (also known as Lago Agrio), the capital city of the canton of Lago Agrio and the province of Sucumbíos in Ecuador.

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Located at 0.09 -76.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Airports in Ecuador, Sucumbíos Province

Galaxy 4R

Galaxy 4R is a Panamsat-owned communications satellite previously at an orbital location of 99° W, a slot once occupied by the Galaxy IV, which suffered a failure in 1998. G4R was launched on April 18, 2000, with an Ariane launch vehicle, and covered North America with twenty-four transponders each on the C- and Ku bands. The satellite is currently at 76.8°W, inclined.

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Located at 0.00 -76.80 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: 2000 in spaceflight, Communications satellites in geostationary orbit

Sucumbíos Province

Sucumbíos is a province in northeast Ecuador. The capital and largest city is Nueva Loja (normally referred to as Lago Agrio). It is the fifth largest province in the country, with an area of 18,009 km². As of 1998, it has a population of 144,774 inhabitants.

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Located at -0.08 -76.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Provinces of Ecuador, Sucumbíos Province