Ecuador
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Republic of Ecuador
República del Ecuador
Flag
Coat of arms
Motto: "Dios, patria y libertad" (Spanish)
"Pro Deo, Patria et Libertate" (Latin)
"God, homeland and liberty"
Anthem: Salve, Oh Patria (Spanish)
We Salute You, Our Homeland
Capital
Quito
00°9′S 78°21′W / 0.15°S 78.35°W /
-0.15; -78.35
Largest city
Guayaquil
Official
languages
Spanish1
Ethnic groups
55% Mestizo, 24%
Amerindian, 16% White, 5%
African
Demonym
Ecuadorian
Government
Presidential republic
-
President
Rafael Correa
-
Vice
President
Lenín Moreno
Independence
-
from Spain
(Failed)
August 10, 1809
-
from Spain
May 24, 1822
-
from Gran
Colombia
May 13, 1830
Area
-
Total
256,370 km2 (73rd)
98,985 sq mi
- Water (%)
4
Population
-
2009 estimate 14,573,101 (66th)
-
Density
53.8/km2 (151st)
139.4/sq mi
GDP (PPP)
2008 estimate
-
Total
$106.993 billion[1]
-
Per capita
$7,685[1]
GDP (nominal)
2008 estimate
-
Total
$52.572 billion[1]
-
Per capita
$3,776[1]
Gini
42 (medium)
HDI (2006)
▲ 0.807 (high) (72nd)
Currency
U.S. dollar2 (USD)
Time zone
ECT, GALT (UTC-5, -6)
Drives on the
right
Internet TLD
.ec
Calling code
593
1 Quechua and other Amerindian languages
spoken by indigenous communities.
2
Sucre until 2000, followed by the U.S. dollar
and Ecuadorian centavo coins
Ecuador (pronounced /ˈɛkwədɔr/), officially
the Republic
of
Ecuador
(Spanish:
República del Ecuador, pronounced [reˈpuβlika
ðel ekwaˈðoɾ]),
literally, "Republic of the
equator")
is a representative democratic
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ecuador
1
republic in South America, bordered by Co-
lombia on the north, by Peru on the east and
south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west.
It is one of only two countries in South Amer-
ica (with Chile) that does not have a border
with Brazil. The country also includes the
Galápagos Islands
in the Pacific, about
965 kilometres (600 mi) west of the main-
land. Ecuador straddles the equator, from
which it takes its name, and has an area of
256,371 square kilometres (98,9