Nuevo Rocafuerte is a town in Ecuador.
The capital of Aguarico Canton in Orellana Province, it was founded in 1942 as a result of a battle which displaced the inhabitants of the original settlement and subsequent border agreements which made this location a key border spot on the border with Peru.
It is the birthplace of 46th Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno.
[2] Nuevo Rocafuerte has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
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