Ecuador
Ecuador (officially Republic of Ecuador) is a country in South America, with its capital at Quito, and is home to roughly 18.1M people.
Spanish is the official language; the currency in circulation is United States dollar ($); people from here are called Ecuadorean.
- »Because the Earth bulges at the equator, the summit of Chimborazo is the point on the surface farthest from the planet's centre.
- »Ecuador was the first country to write the rights of nature into its constitution.
- »The Galápagos Islands, 900 km offshore, are Ecuadorian.
Ecuador straddles the equator.
Ecuador touches two neighbours: Colombia to the northeast and Peru to the southeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Quito sits at about 2,850 m and is the closest capital to the equator. Its colonial centre was among the first sites ever added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
248,545 km² (95,964 sq mi), 76th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Guinea.
Population 18,135,478, 71st of 198 on file. That averages 73 per km² (189 per sq mi).
The condor atop the coat of arms spreads its wings in protection; the arms show Mount Chimborazo and a steamship. The yellow-blue-red derives from Gran Colombia.
Close enough to Colombia's flag to cost you a guess.
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