Portal:Ecuador

Republic of Ecuador
*República del Ecuador* (Spanish)
Republic of Ecuador República del Ecuador (Spanish)
	Flag Coat of Arms
	Location of Ecuador (dark green)
ISO 3166 code	EC
	See also: Outline of Ecuador

Introduction

Ecuador

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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Darwin Island (Spanish: Isla Darwin) is an isolated northern member of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, the uppermost extent of an extinct volcano. It has an area of 1 square kilometer (0.4 sq mi) and reaches 165 meters (541 ft) above sea level. Visits to the island are restricted by the government of Ecuador, but scuba diving is permitted. (Full article...)

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General images -

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

Image 1Galápagos dove on Española Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 2A bowl of fanesca served in Quito, Ecuador. A traditional soup of Ecuador served around Easter. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 3A woman in Ecuadorian dress participating in the 2010 Carnaval del Pueblo. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 4Daphne Major (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 5Traditional Alpaca clothing at the Otavalo Artisan Market (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 6Juan Montalvo (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 7Tumaco-La Tolita mythological figure in feathered costume. Between 100 BC and 100 AD. Found in Esmeraldas. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 8Ecuadorian children on a Galápagos beach in the 1920s (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 9Former 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 10Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Tortuga Bay (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 11A Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) on Santa Cruz. C. nigra is the largest living species of tortoise, hunted to near extinction during the islands' whaling era. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 12Antique dug out canoes in the courtyard of the Old Military Hospital in the Historic Center of Quito. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 13The Wall of Tears at Puerto Villamil on Isabela, the largest of the Galapagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 14North Seymour Island with Daphne Island in the distance. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 15A Galápagos fur seal on Santiago Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 16Waved albatrosses on Española. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 17A photograph of the Galápagos Islands from the International Space Station in October 2020. North is to the right. The sunglint reveals features usually difficult to spot, including the crater lake in the caldera of La Cumbre, the shield volcano that formed Fernandina Island. More details via click-through. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 18The flag of Galápagos Province (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 19Satellite maps of the concentration of chlorophyll (representing abundance of phytoplankton) during El Niño (top) and La Niña (bottom). The color scale goes from blue at the lowest concentrations to red at the highest. Currents that normally fertilize phytoplankton reverse during El Niño, resulting in barren oceans. The same currents are strengthened by La Niña, resulting in an explosion of ocean life. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 20Alpaca Scarf´s at the Otavalo Artisan Market. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 21Leonidas Iza, president of CONAIE, a confederation of Ecuadorian Indigenous groups, in 2022 (from History of Ecuador)
Image 22Galápagos penguin on Bartolomé Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 23Hand painted crafts at the Otavalo Artisan Market (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 24Adult Galápagos sea lion resting on a park bench in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 25Satellite photo of the Galápagos islands overlaid with the names of the islands. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 26Gould's illustration of Darwin's finches. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 27Gen. José de Villamil, founder of the Ecuadorian Navy and first governor of the islands. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 28Puerto Ayora, the largest town in the Galápagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 29Orthographic projection centered over the Galápagos. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 30Blue-footed booby (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 31The banana boom of the mid-20th century boosted the economy of Guayaquil, where office buildings like these were built. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 32Major square of Quito. Painting of 18th century. Quito Painting Colonial School. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 33Map 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 34Isabela seen from the Spot Satellite. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 35Pinnacle Rock on Bartolomé Island, with Santiago in the background and a ferry on the right for scale (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 36Grapsus grapsus on the rocks. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 37The Post Barrel on Floreana Island, formerly used by sailors to pass messages to any passing ships (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 38School of scalloped hammerheads off Wolf Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 39Galápagos tortoise on Santa Cruz Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 40Water taxi in Puerto Ayora (2011) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 41Admiralty chart of the Galápagos (1953) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 42Sunset on San Cristóbal Island. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 43Traditional Handmade hats for sale at the Otavalo Artisan Market in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 44Julio Jaramillo is an icon of music. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 45Eleanor Roosevelt visiting U.S. servicemen at Beta Base (Seymour Airport) on Baltra during World War II. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 46Location of the Galápagos Islands relative to continental Ecuador (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 47Bottlenose dolphins jumping offshore of the islands (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 48From 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 49The Spanish Historical Center in Quito, Ecuador (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 50Marine iguana (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 51Detail of the Galápagos on Abraham Ortelius's 1570 map of the Americas (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 52A manuscript map of the islands from the charts drafted by James Colnett of the British Royal Navy in 1793, adding additional names. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 53Incan ruins at Ingapirca (from History of Ecuador)
Image 54General Antonio José de Sucre, Commander In Chief, División del Sur. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 55Ecuadorian troops during the Cenepa War of 1995 (from History of Ecuador)
Image 56The 1841 Admiralty chart drafted from FitzRoy's survey of the islands on HMS Beagle. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 57Seymour Airport on Baltra (2013) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 58A satellite map of chlorophyll and phytoplankton concentration (top) paired with a map of oceanic surface temperatures at the same time (bottom). The thriving populations represented by green and yellow in the upper map correlate to areas of higher surface temperatures represented by yellow in the lower map (2 Mar. 2009). (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 59The chart of the Galápagos published by the English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684, the source of many of the islands' English names. (from Galápagos Islands)

Did you know -

... that Ecuadorian footballer Hernán Galíndez won a bicycle for beating a team featuring Lionel Messi when they were children?
... that Esther Cuesta was an undocumented migrant in the United States long before she was elected to represent about 800,000 Ecuadorian migrants?
... that operations at Mirador mine were shut down in June 2022 by protests in Ecuador?
... 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 Anita Rivas, an Ecuadorian mayor, visited the United Kingdom and offered to stop oil drilling in a rainforest in Yasuní National Park?
... that Nathalie Viteri was dismissed from Ecuador's National Assembly but she is now one of the top five members contributing to their debates?

... that on January 8 1956, five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were speared to death after attempting to reach the Huaorani people of Ecuador in "Operation Auca"?
... that according to oral tradition, the Chachi people originated from the mountains near Ibarra, Ecuador?
... that Guayaquil (Ecuador's largest city) became the first intelligent city in incorporating a global free internet access at the hot spots of the city?
... that Ecuador's biodiversity is amongst the highest in the world? For instance more than 16,000 species of plants, including 4,000 species of orchids.
... that Ecuadorians refer to New York City as being Ecuador's third largest City based on the assumption that more Ecuadorians live in the Tri-State Region than in Cuenca?

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