Republic of Ecuador República del Ecuador | |
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Caipital | Quito 00°9′S 78°21′W / 0.150°S 78.350°W |
Lairgest ceety | Guayaquil |
Offeecial leids | Spaingie[1] |
Recognised regional leids | Kichwa (Quichua), Shuar & ithers "are in offeecial uise for indigenous fowks"[2] |
Ethnic groups ([3]) |
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Demonym(s) | Ecuadorian |
Govrenment | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Daniel Noboa |
Verónica Abad Rojas | |
Legislatur | National Assembly |
Unthirldom | |
• | August 10, 1809 |
• frae Spain | Mey 24, 1822 |
• frae Gran Colombia | Mey 13, 1830 |
• Recognized | Februar 16, 1830 |
September 28, 2008 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 283,561[4] km2 (109,484 sq mi) (73rd) |
• Water (%) | 5 |
Population | |
• 2011 estimate | 15,223,680[1] (65t) |
• 2010 census | 14,483,499[5] |
• Density | 58.95/km2 (152.7/sq mi) (151st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $153.239 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $10,055[6] |
GDP (nominal) | 2012 estimate |
• Tot | $84.53 billion [7] (64th) |
• Per capita | $5,310[6] |
Gini (2009) | ![]() heich |
HDI (2011) | ![]() heich · 89t |
Currency | Unitit States dollarb (USD) |
Time zone | UTC−5 / −6 (ECT / GALT) |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +593 |
ISO 3166 code | EC |
Internet TLD | .ec |
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Ecuador (i/ˈɛkwədɔːr/ E-kwə-dawr), offeecially the Republic o Ecuador (Spaingie: República del Ecuador, Spaingie pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika ðel ekwaˈðoɾ]), leeterally "Republic o the equator"), is a representative democratic republic in Sooth Americae, thit mairches bi Colombie tae the north, Peru tae the east an sooth, an the Paceefic Ocean tae the wast. It is ane o anerlie twa kintras in Sooth Americae (thegither wi Chile) that disna hae a mairch wi Brazil. The kintra forby includes the Galápagos Islands in the Paceefic, aboot 965 kilometre (600 mile) wast o the mainland. Ecuador striddles the equator, fae whilk it taks its name, an haes a aurie o 256,371 square kilometres (98,985 mi²). Its caipital ceety is Quito an its lairgest ceety is Guayaquil. Ecuador is yin o the 17 megadiverse kintras in the warld, bi the Warld Conservation Monitorin Centre's wey o it.