Ecuador
Fact File
Get to know Ecuador. Learn all about its land, products and amazing culture.
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Official name: Republic of Ecuador
Size: 109,483 square miles; slightly smaller than Nevada
Population: 14,573,101 as of July 2009
Capital: Quito
Official language: Spanish
Currency: U.S. dollar
Climate: tropical along coast and in the Amazonian jungle lowlands; cooler inland and at higher elevations
Agriculture: bananas, coffee, cocoa, shrimp, petroleum
