Ecuador is a Democratic Republic in South Ameri
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Posted On: 05/08/2014 8:30:50 AM
Ecuador is a Democratic Republic in South America, bordered by Colombia, Peru and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 620 miles west of the mainland.
The main spoken language in Ecuador is Spanish (94% of the population). Its capital city is Quito, the country's largest city is Guayaquil.
Ecuador is Democratic nation, the current president of Ecuador is Rafael Correa.
There is great variety in the climate, largely determined by altitude. It is mild year-round in the mountain valleys, with a humid subtropical climate in coastal areas and rainforest in lowlands.
Because of its location at the equator, Ecuador experiences little variation in daylight hours during the course of a year. Both sunrise and sunset occur each day at six o'clock.
In 2000, Ecuador changed its currency from the sucre to the US dollar.
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