- 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
- Formerly
- 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
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