Ecuador

Ecuador is one of the many countries in the northwest part of South America. It is about equal in area to Nevada. Its area is 109,483 sq mi, The Galapagos Islands which is 3,029 sq mi, became part of Ecuador in 1832. Republic is their type of government. The country is divided into four regions, the western coastal lowlands, the central Andean highlands, the eastern jungles of the Amazon basin and west of Ecuador the Galapagos Islands. The …

…to the east of the mountains is still the most lowly populated of Ecuador's three regions and contains only about 3% of the population. Ecuador’s current president is Gustavo Nobou. The language for the Ecuadorians is Spanish (official), and Quechua. Many of the ethnic groups are Mixed 65%, Indian 25%, Spanish 7%, Blacks 3%. the literature rate is 90% Sources: South America history by Kalconor Gusta, www.graphicmaps.com (all dates and facts are from the CIA world fact book)