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Ecuador Americas

ECUOfficially known as: Republic of Ecuador

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Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru.

What is now Ecuador formed part of the northern Inca Empire until the Spanish conquest in 1533. Quito -- the traditional name for the area -- became a ...

Latitude: -2
Longitude: -77.5

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Latitude: 39.04372
Longitude: -77.48749
Home country: United States

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Distance to Ecuador:
4,563.854 km

Terrain:

Coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente).

Natural Resources:

Petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower.

Industries:

Petroleum, food processing, textiles, wood products, chemicals.

Population: 18,309,984

Nearly half of the population is concentrated in the interior in the Andean intermontane basins and valleys, with large concentrations also found along the western coastal strip; the rainforests of the east remain sparsely populated.

Area: 276,841 km²

slightly smaller than Nevada

Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active volcano in world.

Code	Language
spa	Spanish

Spanish (Castilian; official) 98.6%, indigenous 3.9% (Quechua 3.2%, other indigenous 0.7%), foreign 2.8%, other 0.6% (includes Ecuadorian sign language) (2022 est.)

Code	Currency	Symbol
USD	United States dollar	$

Capital City: Quito

Local time: Thursday, December 11 at 10:41 am (GMT-05:00)

The flag of Ecuador is composed of the horizontal bands of yellow, blue and red, with the yellow band twice the height of the other two bands. The Ecuadorian coat of arms is superimposed in the center of the field.