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Capital: Quito Population: 15,223,680 Official Languages: Spanish Time Zone: −5 to −6 Dialing Code: +593

Government: Unitary presidential Area: 258,238a km2 Largest city: Guayaquil Currency : United States dollar ISO 3166 code: EC

Basic Info

Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border with Brazil. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland.

Geography

Ecuador has a total area of 283,560 km2 (109,483 sq mi), including the Galápagos Islands. Of this, 276,840 km2 (106,889 sq mi) is land and 6,720 km2 (2,595 sq mi) water. Ecuador is one of the smaller countries in South America.

Ecuador lies between latitudes 2°N and 5°S, and longitudes 75° and 92°W.

Climate

There is great variety in the climate, largely determined by altitude. It is mild year-round in the mountain valleys; humid subtropical climate in coastal areas and rainforest in lowlands. The Pacific coastal area has a tropical climate, with a severe rainy season. The climate in the Andean highlands is temperate and relatively dry; and the Amazon basin on the eastern side of the mountains shares the climate of other rain forest zones.

Because of its location at the equator, Ecuador experiences little variation in daylight hours during the course of a year. Both sunrise and sunset occur each day at the two six o'clock hours.

Religion

According to the Ecuadorian National Institute of Statistics and Census, 91.95% of the country's population have a religion, 7.94% are atheists and 0.11% are agnostics. Among the people that have a religion, 80.44% are Roman Catholic (see List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ecuador), 11.30% are Protestants, 1.29% are Jehovah's Witnesses and 6.97% other (mainly Jewish, Buddhists and Mormons).

Administrative divisions

Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (Spanish: provincias), each with its own administrative capital:

	Province	Capital	Map
1	Azuay	Cuenca	See Other Map
2	Bolivar	Guaranda
3	Cañar	Azogues
4	Carchi	Tulcan
5	Chimborazo	Riobamba
6	Cotopaxi	Latacunga
7	El Oro	Machala
8	Esmeraldas	Esmeraldas
9	Galápagos	Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
10	Guayas	Guayaquil
11	Imbabura	Ibarra
12	Loja	Loja
13	Los Rios	Babahoyo
14	Manabi	Portoviejo
15	Morona Santiago	Macas
16	Napo	Tena
17	Orellana	Puerto Francisco de Orellana
18	Pastaza	Puyo
19	Pichincha	Quito
20	Santa Elena	Santa Elena
21	Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas	Santo Domingo
22	Sucumbios	Nueva Loja
23	Tungurahua	Ambato
24	Zamora Chinchipe	Zamora

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