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COUNTRY PROFILE
COUNTRY PROFILE
Official name
Capital city
Government system
President
Geographical location
Main cities
Area
Population
Population growth
Population density
Religion
Unemployment rate
GDP per capita
External debt
Composition of GDP by sector
Employed population by sector
Official language
Currency
Time difference
Climate
Required vaccines
The Republic of Ecuador
Quito (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO)
Republic with an elected president for a four-year
term that can be re-elected for another consecutive
term (next elections to be held in 2013).
Rafael Correa Delgado
Western South America, bordering the Pacific
Ocean at the Equator, Colombia on the north and
Peru on the east and south. The country also
includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about
1,000 kilometers (620 mi) west of the mainland.
Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Portoviejo, Machala,
Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ambato, Manta,
Eloy Alfaro, Riobamba.
283,561 km2
14,790,608 (July 2010 EST.)
1.466% (2010 EST.)
53.8 inhabitants per km2
Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
7.6% (2010 EST.)
$7,800 (2010 EST.)
$14.71 billion (31 December 2010 EST.)
agriculture: 6.8%
industry: 32.9%
services: 60.3% (2010 EST.)
agriculture: 8.3%
industry: 21.2%
services: 70.4%
Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially
Quechua)
US dollar
UTC-5
tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at
higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle
lowlands; Because of its location at the equator,
Ecuador experiences little variation in daylight
hours during the course of a year.
There are no compulsory vaccines.