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
What
to Do?
The snow-capped mountain Chimborazo with 6.310 m. above sea is a place
where anyone should go without an experienced guide. It's also a good
site to enjoy the small towns located around the mountain and where you
can go long walks.The
Cotopaxi National Park, located 60 kms. to the south of Quito offers incredible
possibilities for mountain climbing. If you are not an expert, it is better
not to pass the refuge without a guide and the appropriate equipment.
Some kilometers more to the south is Baños, a small town in the
middle of mountains, with a humid climate, plenty of vegetation, where
you can go long walks, trekking, and cycling. You can also
enjoy the thermal water in the different swimming pools of the town the mountains at the south of Cuenca is the El Cajas National Park, which
offers amazing landscapes with beautiful lakes.