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4 days ago · Ecuador, country of northwestern South America. Ecuador is one of the most environmentally diverse countries in the world, and it has contributed notably to the environmental sciences. The first scientific expedition to measure the circumference of Earth, led by Charles-Marie de La Condamine of France, was based in Ecuador.
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Ecuador - Indigenous, Mestizo, Afro-Ecuadorian: The main...
- Flag of Ecuador
National flag that is horizontally striped yellow-blue-red;...
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Ecuador - Media, Publishing, Culture: Many Ecuadorans are...
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Ecuador - Culture, Cuisine, Traditions: Most Ecuadorans...
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Ecuador - Quechua, Spanish, Shuar: Spanish is Ecuador’s...
- The Colonial Period
The people of Quito, the Ecuadoran capital, claim that it...
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Ecuador - Tropical, Coastal, Andes: Because Ecuador lies on...
- Ecuador From The Late 20th Century
Ecuador from the late 20th century. After Velasco Ibarra’s...
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Ecuador - Art, Music, Dance: Ecuador has a rich tradition of...
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Ecuador - Independence, Revolution, Quito: The period...
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3 days ago · Latin America and the Caribbean. Quito ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkito] ⓘ; Quechua: Kitu ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha.
May 3, 2024 · Ecuador liegt im Nordwesten von Südamerika und ist geographisch, topographisch, klimatisch und ethnisch eines der vielfältigsten Länder der Erde. Ecuador grenzt an Kolumbien (590 km), an Peru (1420 km) und an den Pazifischen Ozean. Die gesamte Länge der Landesgrenzen beträgt 2010 Kilometer.
4 days ago · Visa requirements for Ecuadorian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Ecuador. As of 2024, Ecuadorian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 95 countries and territories, ranking the Ecuadorian passport 58th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index .
May 1, 2024 · Quito, city and capital of Ecuador. It is situated on the lower slopes of the volcano Pichincha, which last erupted in 1666, in a narrow Andean valley at an elevation of 9,350 feet (2,850 metres), just south of the Equator.
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5 days ago · L' Équateur, en forme longue la république d'Équateur ou république de l'Équateur (en espagnol : Ecuador et República del Ecuador ), est un pays d' Amérique du Sud, frontalier du Pérou au sud et à l'est et de la Colombie au nord-est, baigné à l'ouest par l' océan Pacifique .
May 1, 2024 · Ecuador hosts one of the region’s largest refugee populations. From 2000-2005, Colombians arrived in growing numbers to escape armed conflict, and they have continued to immigrate to Ecuador steadily. Between 2008, when Ecuador lifted visa requirements for all countries, and 2016, immigrants entered from Haiti, Cuba, and other continents.
