Ecuador

Republic of Ecuador

Latin America

Geography

Area: 269,178 sq km

Amazon jungle in the east, high Andean Sierra in the centre, fertile coastal plain on Pacific Coast. Also the Galapagos Islands, 1,000 km to the west.

Population: 13,774,909    Annual Growth: 1.07%

Capital: Quito

Urbanites: 66.9%

HDI Rank: 80 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Official language: Spanish    Languages: 25 All languages