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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 (/ˈɛkwədɔːr/ (listen) EK-wə-dor; Spanish pronunciation: [ekwaˈðoɾ] (listen); Quechua: Ikwayur; Shuar: Ecuador or Ekuatur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika; Shuar: Ekuatur Nunka), 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 and largest city is Quito.

The territories of modern-day Ecuador were once home to a variety of Indigenous groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own 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 and is spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 Native languages are also recognized, including Quechua and Shuar.

The sovereign state of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic and a developing country whose economy is highly dependent on exports of commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. It is governed as a democratic presidential republic. The country is a founding member of the United Nations, Organization of American States, Mercosur, PROSUR, and the Non-Aligned Movement.

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, or ecosystem rights.

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 decreased from 0.55 to 0.47. (Full article...)

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Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo^[a] (Royal Audiencia of Quito, February 21, 1747 – December 28, 1795) was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in colonial Ecuador. He was Quito's first journalist and hygienist.

As a journalist he spread enlightened ideas in the Royal Audiencia, and as a hygienist he composed an important treatise about sanitary conditions in colonial Ecuador that included interesting remarks about microorganisms and the spreading of disease. (Full article...)

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

Image 1The Spanish Historical Center in Quito, Ecuador (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 2Blue-footed booby (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 3Grapsus grapsus on the rocks. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 4These satellite maps show chlorophyll concentration (which corresponds with the abundance of phytoplankton) during El Niño (top) and La Niña (lower). Blue represents low concentrations, yellow, orange and red indicate high concentrations. Currents that normally fertilize the phytoplankton reverse during El Niño, resulting in barren oceans. These same currents are strengthened by La Niña, resulting in an explosion of ocean life. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 5Orthographic projection centered over the Galápagos. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 6Juan Montalvo (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 7A bowl of fanesca served in Quito, Ecuador. A traditional soup of Ecuador served around Easter. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 8The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) is the largest living species of tortoise; this one is from the Island of Santa Cruz. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 9Ecuadorian troops during the Cenepa War of 1995 (from History of Ecuador)
Image 10Marine iguana (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 11Galápagos dove on Española Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 12The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) Galápagos Islands Santa Cruz – swimming in Puerto Ayora (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 13Adult Galápagos sea lion resting on a park bench in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 14Galápagos tortoise on Santa Cruz Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 15Julio Jaramillo is an icon of music. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 16Galapagos Islands astronaut photo from ISS October 2020. The sunglint helps reveal features that are usually hard to spot, such as the crater lake occupying the summit caldera of La Cumbre, the shield volcano that makes up Fernandina Island. Click through for the full NASA discussion of this interesting photo. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 17From 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 18Location of the Galápagos Islands relative to continental Ecuador (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 19Major square of Quito. Painting of 18th century. Quito Painting Colonial School. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 20Isabela seen from Spot Satellite. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 21Tumaco-La Tolita mythological figure in feathered costume. Between 100 BC and 100 AD. Found in Esmeraldas. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 22Bottlenose dolphins jumping offshore of the islands (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 23Flag of the Galápagos Province (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 24School of scalloped hammerheads, Wolf Island, Galápagos Islands. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 25The banana boom of the mid-20th century boosted the economy of Guayaquil, where office buildings like these were built. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 26Waved albatrosses on Española. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 27Satellite photo of the Galápagos islands overlaid with the names of the visible main islands. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 28Antique dug out canoes in the courtyard of the Old Military Hospital in the Historic Center of Quito. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 29Former 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 30Main Street on San Cristóbal Island. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 31General Antonio José de Sucre, Commander In Chief, División del Sur. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 32As described in 1684. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 33Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Tortuga Bay (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 34Alpaca Scarf´s at the Otavalo Artisan Market. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 35Map 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 36A woman in Ecuadorian dress participating in the 2010 Carnaval del Pueblo. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 37Traditional Alpaca clothing at the Otavalo Artisan Market (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 38Galápagos penguin on Bartolomé Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 39The bottom image shows sea surface temperature, cool upwelling waters are coloured purple. Thriving phytoplankton populations are indicated by high chlorophyll concentrations (top image), coloured green, and yellow. Images acquired on 2 March 2009. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 40Incan ruins at Ingapirca (from History of Ecuador)
Image 41Leonidas Iza, president of CONAIE, a confederation of Ecuadorian Indigenous groups, in 2022 (from History of Ecuador)
Image 42Hand painted crafts at the Otavalo Artisan Market (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 43Water taxi on Puerto Ayora, Galápagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 44Galápagos marine iguana. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 45Traditional Handmade hats for sale at the Otavalo Artisan Market in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 46North Seymour Island in the Galápagos; Daphne Island is in the distance. (from Galápagos Islands)

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... that Sofía Sanchez loved soccer and she played for a leading Spanish side, but her mother said "study" and she now sits in Ecuador's National Assembly?
... that Victoria Desintonio successfully proposed a "citizen observatory" watchdog to reduce gender violence in Ecuador?
... that Ecuadorian politician Paola Cabezas decided to stop straightening her hair when her niece described her own unstraightened hair as "ugly"?
... that Rosana Alvarado was one of three women leading Ecuador's National Assembly in 2017?
... that Esther Cuesta was an undocumented migrant in the United States long before she was elected to represent about 800,000 Ecuadorian migrants?
... that Anita Rivas, an Ecuadorian mayor, visited the United Kingdom and offered to stop oil drilling in a rainforest in Yasuní National Park?

... that 25 percent of the population of Ecuador is of indigenous heritage, while another 65 percent is of mixed indigenous and European heritage?
... that Sangay, a stratovolcano in Ecuador nicknamed The Frightener in Quechua, has been continuously erupting since 1934?
... that Panama hats are not actually made in Panama but in Ecuador?
... 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 highest cable car in the world?