Portal:Ecuador

Republic of Ecuador
*República del Ecuador* (Spanish)
Republic of Ecuador República del Ecuador (Spanish)
	Flag Coat of Arms
	Location of Ecuador (dark green)
ISO 3166 code	EC
	See also: Outline of Ecuador

Introduction

Ecuador

Ecuador (/ˈɛkwədɔːr/ ^ⓘ EK-wə-dor; Spanish pronunciation: [ekwaˈðoɾ] ^ⓘ; Quechua: Ikwayur; Shuar: Ecuador or Ekuatur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: Ikwayur Ripuwlika; Shuar: Ekuatur Nunka), is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland. The country's capital is Quito, but its largest city is Guayaquil.

The territories of modern-day Ecuador were once home to a variety of indigenous peoples that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spanish Empire during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as a sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its 17.8 million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of Europeans, Native American, African, and Asian descendants. Spanish is the official language spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 native languages are also recognized, including Quechua and Shuar.

Ecuador is a representative democratic presidential republic and a developing country whose economy is highly dependent on exports of commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. The country is a founding member of the United Nations, Organization of American States, Mercosur, PROSUR, and the Non-Aligned Movement. According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, between 2006 and 2016, poverty decreased from 36.7% to 22.5% and annual per capita GDP growth was 1.5 percent (as compared to 0.6 percent over the prior two decades). At the same time, the country's Gini index of economic inequality decreased from 0.55 to 0.47.

One of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, Ecuador hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable rights of nature. (Full article...)

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Barcelona Sporting Club (Spanish pronunciation: [baɾseˈlona]) is an Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil, known best for its professional football team. Internationally known as Barcelona de Guayaquil, in Ecuador it is simply referred as Barcelona, El Idolo (BSC) or Los Canarios. They currently play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of football in the country, and hold the distinction of being the only club in the Ecuadorian top flight to not have played in the Serie B.

Barcelona Sporting Club is the most successful football team in Ecuador, having won the Serie A title a record 16 times, most recently in 2020. They have also won six regional titles (five in the professional era), and were the first Ecuadorian club to make it to the Copa Libertadores finals, making it twice, but lost on both occasions. (Full article...)

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WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 35,338			Ω = 5.64

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The following are images from various Ecuador-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Gould's illustration of Darwin's finches (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 2Isabela seen from the Spot Satellite (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 3Adult Galápagos sea lion resting on a park bench in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 4Tumaco-La Tolita mythological figure in feathered costume. Between 100 BC and 100 AD. Found in Esmeraldas. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 5Major square of Quito. Painting of 18th century. Quito Painting Colonial School. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 6North Seymour Island with Daphne Island in the distance (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 7Julio Jaramillo is an icon of music. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 8Satellite maps of the concentration of chlorophyll (representing abundance of phytoplankton) during El Niño (top) and La Niña (bottom). The color scale goes from blue at the lowest concentrations to red at the highest. Currents that normally fertilize phytoplankton reverse during El Niño, resulting in barren oceans. The same currents are strengthened by La Niña, resulting in an explosion of ocean life. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 9Alpaca Scarf´s at the Otavalo Artisan Market. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 10Seymour Airport on Baltra (2013) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 11Gen. José de Villamil, founder of the Ecuadorian Navy and first governor of the islands (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 12The flag of Galápagos Province (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 13A photograph of the Galápagos Islands from the International Space Station in October 2020. North is to the right. The sunglint reveals features usually difficult to spot, including the crater lake in the caldera of La Cumbre, the shield volcano that formed Fernandina Island. More details via click-through. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 14Sunset on San Cristóbal Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 15General Antonio José de Sucre, Commander In Chief, División del Sur. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 16Pinnacle Rock on Bartolomé Island, with Santiago in the background and a ferry on the right for scale (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 17A Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) on Santa Cruz. C. nigra is the largest living species of tortoise, hunted to near extinction during the islands' whaling era. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 18School of scalloped hammerheads off Wolf Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 19Leonidas Iza, president of CONAIE, a confederation of Ecuadorian Indigenous groups, in 2022 (from History of Ecuador)
Image 20A satellite map of chlorophyll and phytoplankton concentration (top) paired with a map of oceanic surface temperatures at the same time (bottom). The thriving populations represented by green and yellow in the upper map correlate to areas of higher surface temperatures represented by yellow in the lower map (2 March 2009). (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 21Bottlenose dolphins jumping offshore of the islands (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 22Juan Montalvo (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 23The Spanish Historical Center in Quito, Ecuador (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 24A Galápagos fur seal on Santiago Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 25Galápagos penguin on Bartolomé Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 26The banana boom of the mid-20th century boosted the economy of Guayaquil, where office buildings like these were built. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 27Former President Rafael Correa (left) attends President-elect Lenín Moreno's (middle) "changing of the guard" ceremony. The two PAIS leaders were considered close allies before Moreno's "de-Correaization" efforts started after he assumed the presidency. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 28A manuscript map of the islands from the charts drafted by James Colnett of the British Royal Navy in 1793, adding additional names (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 29Traditional Handmade hats for sale at the Otavalo Artisan Market in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 30Ecuadorian children on a Galápagos beach in the 1920s (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 31Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), Tortuga Bay (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 32Satellite photo of the Galápagos islands overlaid with the names of the islands (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 33Detail of the Galápagos on Abraham Ortelius's 1570 map of the Americas (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 34Galápagos tortoise on Santa Cruz Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 35The chart of the Galápagos published by the English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley in 1684, the source of many of the islands' English names (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 36Traditional Alpaca clothing at the Otavalo Artisan Market (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 37Grapsus grapsus on the rocks (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 38A woman in Ecuadorian dress participating in the 2010 Carnaval del Pueblo. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 39Water taxi in Puerto Ayora (2011) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 40Hand painted crafts at the Otavalo Artisan Market (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 41Marine iguana (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 42Waved albatrosses on Española (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 43Antique dug out canoes in the courtyard of the Old Military Hospital in the Historic Center of Quito. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 44The Wall of Tears at Puerto Villamil on Isabela, the largest of the Galapagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 45Daphne Major (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 46Eleanor Roosevelt visiting U.S. servicemen at Beta Base (Seymour Airport) on Baltra during World War II (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 47Map of the former Gran Colombia in 1824 (named in its time as Colombia), the Gran Colombia covered all the colored region. (from History of Ecuador)
Image 48From an aircraft flying out of Baltra Island (on the right) and the Santa Cruz (on the left), the Itabaca Channel is the waterway between the islands. (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 49Admiralty chart of the Galápagos (1953) (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 50Orthographic projection centered over the Galápagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 51Blue-footed booby (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 52The Post Barrel on Floreana Island, formerly used by sailors to pass messages to any passing ships (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 53A bowl of fanesca served in Quito, Ecuador. A traditional soup of Ecuador served around Easter. (from Culture of Ecuador)
Image 54Puerto Ayora, the largest town in the Galápagos (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 55Galápagos dove on Española Island (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 56Location of the Galápagos Islands relative to continental Ecuador (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 57The 1841 Admiralty chart drafted from FitzRoy's survey of the islands on HMS Beagle (from Galápagos Islands)
Image 58Incan ruins at Ingapirca (from History of Ecuador)

Did you know -

... that Lavinia Valbonesi, the first lady–designate of Ecuador, is a nutritionist who owns a fitness center in Tampa, Florida, and a healthy-dining location in Guayaquil?
... that 2023 Ecuadorian presidential candidate Luisa González was pepper-sprayed by the National Police while on her way to register her candidacy?
... that in February 2023, Ecuadorian entrepreneur Omar Menéndez was elected the mayor of his canton the day after his assassination?

... that Quito (the capital of Ecuador) has the highest cable car in the world?
... that Guayaquil (Ecuador's largest city) became the first intelligent city in incorporating a global free internet access at the hot spots of the city?
... that Imbabura (pictured) is an inactive stratovolcano in northern Ecuador which is revered in local folklore as a protective parent?
Imbabura
... that 25 percent of the population of Ecuador is of indigenous heritage, while another 65 percent is of mixed indigenous and European heritage?
... that Sangay, a stratovolcano in Ecuador nicknamed The Frightener in Quechua, has been continuously erupting since 1934?

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