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Republic of Ecuador
*República del Ecuador* ( Spanish)
Republic of Ecuador República del Ecuador ( Spanish)
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	Location of Ecuador (dark green)
ISO 3166 code	EC
	See also: Outline of Ecuador

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Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland. The country's capital is Quito, but its largest city is Guayaquil.

The territories of modern-day Ecuador were once home to a variety of indigenous peoples that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spanish Empire during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as a sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its 17.8 million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of Europeans, Native American, African, and Asian descendants. Spanish is the official language spoken by a majority of the population, although 13 native languages are also recognized, including Quechua and Shuar.

Ecuador is a representative democratic presidential republic and a developing country whose economy is highly dependent on exports of commodities, primarily petroleum and agricultural products. The country is a founding member of the United Nations, Organization of American States, Mercosur, PROSUR, and the Non-Aligned Movement. According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, between 2006 and 2016, poverty decreased from 36.7% to 22.5% and annual per capita GDP growth was 1.5 percent (as compared to 0.6 percent over the prior two decades). At the same time, the country's Gini index of economic inequality improved from 0.55 to 0.47.

One of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, Ecuador hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable rights of nature. ( Full article...)

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Rumicucho or Pucara de Rumicucho is an archaeological site of the Inca Empire in the parroquia of San Antonio de Pichincha, in Quito Canton, Pichincha Province. Ecuador. Rumicucho is a pucara (hilltop fortress) located 23 kilometres (14 mi) in a straight-line distance north of the city of Quito at an elevation of 2,401 metres (7,877 ft). Rumicucho in the Quechua language means "stone corner", perhaps referring to its strategic location between the territory of the Yumbo people to the east and the chiefdoms of the Pais Caranqui to the north.

The Incas probably built Rumicucho between 1480 and 1500 and ruled this area until the Spanish conquest in the 1530s. ( Full article...)

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The following are images from various Ecuador-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1The flag of Galápagos Province (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 2The banana boom of the mid-20th century boosted the economy of Guayaquil, where office buildings like these were built. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 3 Juan Montalvo (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 4 Admiralty chart of the Galápagos (1953) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 5 Gould's illustration of Darwin's finches (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 6 Marine iguana (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 7Satellite photo of the Galápagos islands overlaid with the names of the islands (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 8 Bottlenose dolphins jumping offshore of the islands (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 9 Galápagos tortoise on Santa Cruz Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 10The Spanish Historical Center in Quito, Ecuador (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 11Water taxi in Puerto Ayora (2011) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 12A satellite map of chlorophyll and phytoplankton concentration (top) paired with a map of oceanic surface temperatures at the same time (bottom). The thriving populations represented by green and yellow in the upper map correlate to areas of higher surface temperatures represented by yellow in the lower map (2 March 2009). (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 13 Puerto Ayora, the largest town in the Galápagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 14A Galápagos fur seal on Santiago Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 15A photograph of the Galápagos Islands from the International Space Station in October 2020. North is to the right. The sunglint reveals features usually difficult to spot, including the crater lake in the caldera of La Cumbre, the shield volcano that formed Fernandina Island. More details via click-through. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 16 Pinnacle Rock on Bartolomé Island, with Santiago in the background and a ferry on the right for scale (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 17 Galápagos penguin on Bartolomé Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 18Sunset on San Cristóbal Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 19Alpaca Scarf´s at the Otavalo Artisan Market. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 20 Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Tortuga Bay (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 21 Grapsus grapsus on the rocks (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 22 Leonidas Iza, president of CONAIE, a confederation of Ecuadorian Indigenous groups, in 2022 (from History of Ecuador)
Image 23A Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) on Santa Cruz. C. nigra is the largest living species of tortoise, hunted to near extinction during the islands' whaling era. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 24 Ecuadorian children on a Galápagos beach in the 1920s (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 25Major square of Quito. Painting of 18th century. Quito Painting Colonial School. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 26Antique dug out canoes in the courtyard of the Old Military Hospital in the Historic Center of Quito. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 27 Orthographic projection centered over the Galápagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 28 Seymour Airport on Baltra (2013) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 29 Isabela seen from the Spot Satellite (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 30Map of the former Gran Colombia in 1824 (named in its time as Colombia), the Gran Colombia covered all the colored region. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 31Traditional Alpaca clothing at the Otavalo Artisan Market (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 32A bowl of fanesca served in Quito, Ecuador. A traditional soup of Ecuador served around Easter. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 33The Post Barrel on Floreana Island, formerly used by sailors to pass messages to any passing ships (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 34The 1841 Admiralty chart drafted from FitzRoy's survey of the islands on HMS Beagle (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 35Traditional Handmade hats for sale at the Otavalo Artisan Market in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 36 Eleanor Roosevelt visiting U.S. servicemen at Beta Base ( Seymour Airport) on Baltra during World War II (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 37A manuscript map of the islands from the charts drafted by James Colnett of the British Royal Navy in 1793, adding additional names (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 38Satellite maps of the concentration of chlorophyll (representing abundance of phytoplankton) during El Niño (top) and La Niña (bottom). The color scale goes from blue at the lowest concentrations to red at the highest. Currents that normally fertilize phytoplankton reverse during El Niño, resulting in barren oceans. The same currents are strengthened by La Niña, resulting in an explosion of ocean life. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 39Former President Rafael Correa (left) attends President-elect Lenín Moreno's (middle) "changing of the guard" ceremony. The two PAIS leaders were considered close allies before Moreno's "de-Correaization" efforts started after he assumed the presidency. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 40North Seymour Island with Daphne Island in the distance (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 41School of scalloped hammerheads off Wolf Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 42General Antonio José de Sucre, Commander In Chief, División del Sur. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 43The Wall of Tears at Puerto Villamil on Isabela, the largest of the Galapagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 44 Waved albatrosses on Española (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 45Adult Galápagos sea lion resting on a park bench in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 46The chart of the Galápagos published by the English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684, the source of many of the islands' English names (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 47A woman in Ecuadorian dress participating in the 2010 Carnaval del Pueblo. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 48From an aircraft flying out of Baltra Island (on the right) and the Santa Cruz (on the left), the Itabaca Channel is the waterway between the islands. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 49 Blue-footed booby (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 50Location of the Galápagos Islands relative to continental Ecuador (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 51 Julio Jaramillo is an icon of music. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 52 Galápagos dove on Española Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 53 Daphne Major (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 54Incan ruins at Ingapirca (from History of Ecuador)
Image 55 Gen. José de Villamil, founder of the Ecuadorian Navy and first governor of the islands (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 56 Tumaco-La Tolita mythological figure in feathered costume. Between 100 BC and 100 AD. Found in Esmeraldas. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 57Detail of the Galápagos on Abraham Ortelius's 1570 map of the Americas (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 58Hand painted crafts at the Otavalo Artisan Market (from Culture of Ecuador)

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... that 2023 Ecuadorian presidential candidate Luisa González was pepper-sprayed by the National Police while on her way to register her candidacy?
... that Julian Assange's lawyer argued that the rules set by the Ecuadorian embassy requiring Assange to take care of his pet cat Michi were "denigrating"?
... that in February 2023, Ecuadorian entrepreneur Omar Menéndez was elected the mayor of his canton the day after his assassination?
... that the white-tailed jay found in Ecuador and Peru was once thought to have been brought to Mexico by pre-Columbian trade?
... that Lavinia Valbonesi, the first lady–designate of Ecuador, is a nutritionist who owns a fitness center in Tampa, Florida, and a healthy-dining location in Guayaquil?
... that San Rafael Falls, once Ecuador's largest waterfall, was swallowed by a sinkhole in February 2020 and no longer exists?

... that Ecuador's biodiversity is amongst the highest in the world? For instance more than 16,000 species of plants, including 4,000 species of orchids.
... that Guayaquil (Ecuador's largest city) has the most modern airport of the Latin American region... (see municipalidad de guayaquil in red)
... that the fastest-growing cities, receiving the least media attention, Esmeraldas, Manta, Salinas, and Machala all being port cities have doubled their growth, and have the most stable economies in the country, leaving Nueva Loja, the only inland city to have equalled that growth?
... that Quito (the capital of Ecuador) has the most extensive colonial district of Latin America?
... that Carina Vance Mafla's campaign to shut down "torture clinics" that try to turn lesbians straight began years before she was appointed Ecuador's Minister for Public Health?