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
The
Galapagos Islands
This
archipelago is worldwide famous because of its unique wildlife and flora.
Its frequent to see tourists swimming side by side with the sea lions,
floating with the penguins and seeing a bird walking by your side. The
islands are in an area of 50.000 km2 in the Pacific Ocean 1.000 kms. away
from the coast. There are 13 big islands and 6 small more. The landscape
is irregular and the islands are volcanic, and this is the most beautiful
and exceptional experience. There is an enormous diversity of species,
including birds, as penguins, water mammals as dolphins and whales, sea
wolves, sea lions, etc., reptiles as the famous giant tortoises or galapagos,
turtles, iguanas and an incredible flora