General
Information:Complete name: Republic of Ecuador
Area: 283,520 km2 (175,780 mi2)
Population: 11,700,000 (growth rate: 2%)
Capital: Quito (1.5 million inhabitants)
Main Port:Guayaquil (2 million inhabitants)
Race: 40% mestizo, 40% indian, 15% coming from spaniards, 5% coming
from africans
Language: spanish, quechua, quichua and other indigenous languages
Religion:More than 90% catholic, and a minority of other christian
churches
Ecuador is located
in the northeastern region of South America and its boundaries are Colombia
at the north, Peru at the south and west and the Pacific Ocean at the
east. Its main cities are Quito, the capital, located in the center of
the country and at a few kilometers from the ecuadorial line, Guayaquil,
the second city and main port of the country and Cuenca at the so. Ecuador
has three main regions: the Coast, the Andean Region and the Amazonic
Region, as well as the Galapagos Islands
Jungle
The
Jungle is an immense region of low lands in the Amazonia. It has long
areas of humid tropical rainforest, where everyone can enjoy the nature,
the indigenous tribes, birdwatching and make long walks through it. The
most important towns are Macas, Puyo, Tena, Coca and Lago Agrio. In the
near of Tena is the small town Misahualli, from where trips to the jungle