Ecuador

**Republic of Ecuador**
Republic of Ecuador; República del Ecuador
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	Motto: "Dios, patria y libertad" (Spaingie); "God, homeland an freedom";
	Anthem: Salve, Oh Patria (Spaingie); Hail, Oh Homeland;
Caipital	Quito; 00°9′S 78°21′W / 0.150°S 78.350°W
Lairgest ceety	Guayaquil
Offeecial leids	Spaingie
Recognised regional leids	Kichwa (Quichua), Shuar & ithers "are in offeecial uise for indigenous fowks"
Ethnic groups ()	71,9% Mestizo; 7.4% Montubio; 7.2% Afroecuadorian; 7% Amerindian; 6.1% White; 0.2% ithers;
Demonym(s)	Ecuadorian
Govrenment	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• Preses	Daniel Noboa
• Vice Preses	Verónica Abad Rojas
Legislatur	National Assembly
Unthirldom
•	August 10, 1809
• frae Spain	Mey 24, 1822
• frae Gran Colombia	Mey 13, 1830
• Recognized	Februar 16, 1830
• Current constitution	September 28, 2008
Aurie
• Total	283,561 km2 (109,484 sq mi) (73rd)
• Water (%)	5
Population
• 2011 estimate	15,223,680 (65t)
• 2010 census	14,483,499
• Density	58.95/km2 (152.7/sq mi) (151st)
GDP (PPP)	2012 estimate
• Total	$153.239 billion
• Per capita	$10,055
GDP (nominal)	2012 estimate
• Tot	$84.53 billion (64th)
• Per capita	$5,310
Gini (2009)	49; heich
HDI (2011)	0.724; heich · 89t
Currency	Unitit States dollarb (USD)
Time zone	UTC−5 / −6 (ECT / GALT)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+593
ISO 3166 code	EC
Internet TLD	.ec
	Includin Galápagos.; Sucre till 2000, replaced bi the US$ an Ecuadorian centavo coins.;

Ecuador (ⁱ/ˈɛkwədɔːr/ E-kwə-dawr), offeecially the Republic o Ecuador (Spaingie: República del Ecuador, Spaingie pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika ðel ekwaˈðoɾ]), leeterally "Republic o the equator"), is a representative democratic republic in Sooth Americae, thit mairches bi Colombie tae the north, Peru tae the east an sooth, an the Paceefic Ocean tae the wast. It is ane o anerlie twa kintras in Sooth Americae (thegither wi Chile) that disna hae a mairch wi Brazil. The kintra forby includes the Galápagos Islands in the Paceefic, aboot 965 kilometre (600 mile) wast o the mainland. Ecuador striddles the equator, fae whilk it taks its name, an haes a aurie o 256,371 square kilometres (98,985 mi²). Its caipital ceety is Quito an its lairgest ceety is Guayaquil. Ecuador is yin o the 17 megadiverse kintras in the warld, bi the Warld Conservation Monitorin Centre's wey o it.

Provinces

Ecuador haes 24 provinces (Spaingie: provincias):

Cairt Key	Province	Caipital
1	Azuay	Cuenca
2	Bolívar	Guaranda
3	Cañar	Azogues
4	Carchi	Tulcán
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

Cairt Key	Province	Caipital
13	Los Ríos	Babahoyo
14	Manabí	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	Santo Domingo
22	Sucumbíos	Nueva Loja
23	Tungurahua	Ambato
24	Zamora-Chinchipe	Zamora