Ecuador

• Capital: Quito
• Major City: Guayaquil
• Major Geographical Features
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Andes Mountains
  • Gulf of Guayquil
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Rio Putumayo
  • Rio Napo
  • Amazon Rainforest
• Official Name: Republic of Ecuador
  • Formerly
    • the Republic of the Equator
    • Grand Colombia
• Religion: Roman Catholic (95%)
• Languages:
  • Spanish
  • Quechua
• 1830: Collapse of the Grand Colombia
• 1995: Border war with Peru
• 2013: Ecuador permits oil drilling in the Amazon
• Independence: 1822 from Spain
• Government: republic
• Currency: United States dollar (USD)
• Ecuador is slightly larger than Nevada
• Literacy: 91%
• Climate: Tropical
• Smallest Andean nation
• Largest exporter of the banana
• Cotopaxi: One of the highest active volcanoes in the world
• Member of OPEC
• Exports
  • Petroleum
  • Coffee
  • Cacao
  • Bananas
  • Shrimp