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| República del Ecuador Republic of Ecuador | |||||
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| Motto: "Dios, patria y libertad" "God, homeland and liberty" | |||||
| Anthem: Salve, Oh Patria "We Salute You, Our Homeland" | |||||
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| Capital |  Quito | ||||
| Largest city |  Guayaquil | ||||
| Official languages | Spanish | ||||
| Government | Republic | ||||
| - President | Rafael Correa | ||||
| - Vice-President | Lenín Moreno | ||||
| Independence | |||||
| - from Spain | May 24, 1822 | ||||
| - from Gran Colombia | May 13, 1830 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 256,370 km² (72nd) 98,985 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 8.8 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - July 2005 estimate | 13,228,000 (67th) | ||||
| - Density | 47 /km² (147th) 122 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $57.04 billion (70th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $4,316 (113th) | ||||
| HDI (2003) | 0.765 (medium) (83rd) | ||||
| Currency | U.S. dollar2 (USD) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .ec | ||||
| Calling code | +593 | ||||
| 1 Kichwa and other Amerindian languages spoken by indigenous communities. 2 Sucre until 2000. 3 Galápagos Islands. | |||||
Ecuador (Spanish: Ecuador), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador) is a representative democratic republic in South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón) in the Pacific, about 965 kilometers (600 miles) west of the mainland. Ecuador is the Spanish word for equator. Ecuador straddles the equator and has an area of 256,370 square kilometers (98,985 mi²). Its capital city is Quito, however its largest city is Guayaquil.
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Program for First Apitherapy Symposium in Ecuador
the Tungurahua is a volcano about 80 miles SE of Quito that has been erupting as of late
The 16,575-foot volcano, whose name means "throat of fire" in the Quechua language, shot a 1.2-mile plume of ash into the sky on Feb. 12. Which coincidentally "throat of fire", great title for a porn movie.