Ecuador
Latitude 0.00 Longitude 78.00°
Ecuador, a beautiful country with diversity of ethnias, cultures and nature; located northwest of the Latin-American continent bordering to the north with Colombia; south and east with Peru; and west with the Pacific Ocean.
It has an area of 283.560 square kilometers, including the Galapagos Islands, located 1.000 kilometers from the continental territory.
There are four natural regions: the Coast, the Sierra, the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands. The country is divided into 24 provinces and its capital is San Francisco de Quito.
Ecuador’s population is around 13 million inhabitants. It has reached a great cultural development, possesses a unique biodiversity, plenty of natural resources and huge mountain peaks such as Cotopaxi volcano, the highest active volcano in the world. |