Yaguarzongo

Yaguarzongo is the forested country east of the southern Ecuadorian Andes, associated with the Shuar of the Zamora region. Mountain streams descend through its valleys towards the Amazon. Spanish settlements and mining ventures brought colonial demands into the eastern foothills, but Shuar resistance challenged their hold: in 1599 Indigenous forces attacked colonial towns including Logroño and Sevilla del Oro.

The later city of Zamora lies here.