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Ecuador

	Ecuador Ikwadur

Español	Ecuador - República del Ecuador La República del Ecuador es un país que se encuentra ubicado al noroeste de América del Sur y cuyos límites territoriales son: al norte con Colombia, al sur y al este con Perú y al oeste con el Océano Pacífico. Obtuvo su independencia de España en 1822, pasando a formar parte de la Gran Colombia junto con Colombia, Venezuela y Panamá hasta su separación de la misma en 1830. Este país está atravesado por la línea ecuatorial o Ecuador terrestre que da origen a su nombre. Ocupa una superficie de 283 560 km² en los que se incluye el archipiélago de las Islas Galápagos situado a unos 1.000 km del territorio continental. Ecuador cuenta con 13 millones 710 mil habitantes (2005). Su capital política y administrativa es San Francisco de Quito, y la ciudad más poblada del país es la ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil, uno de los puertos más importantes de América del Sur. Este país se divide administrativamente en 22 provincias, todas continentales salvo una que está formada exclusivamente por las Islas Galápagos.
Qhichwa Simi	Ikwadur Ikwadur Abya-yala ura lanpi mama llaqta.
English	Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador The Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bounded by ► Colombia on the north, by ► Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west. The country also includes the ► Galápagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón) in the Pacific, about 965 kilometers (600 miles) west of the mainland. Ecuador is the Spanish word for equator. Ecuador straddles the equator and has an area of 256,370 square kilometers (98,985 mi²). Its capital city is Quito, however its largest city is Guayaquil.

Short name	Ecuador
Official name	Republic of Ecuador
Status	Independent country since 1830
Location	South America
Capital	Quito
Population	13,228,000 inhabitants
Area	256,370 km²
Major languages	Spanish (official), Quechua
Major religions	Roman Catholicism
More information	Ecuador, Geography of Ecuador, History of Ecuador and Politics of Ecuador
More images	Ecuador - Ecuador (Category).

General maps

Map of Ecuador

Territorial sea claims

Provinces of Ecuador

Azuay Province
Bolívar Province
Cañar Province
Carchi Province
Chimborazo Province
Cotopaxi Province
El Oro Province
Esmeraldas Province
Galápagos Province
Guayas Province
Imbabura Province
Loja Province
Los Ríos Province
Manabí Province
Morona-Santiago Province
Napo Province
Orellana Province
Pastaza Province
Pichincha Province
Santa Elena Province
Santo Domigo de los Tsáchilas Province
Tungurahua Province
Zamora-Chinchipe Province

Compare: 104 Soil Maps in Ecuador : Schematic Vegetation Map of Ecuador, Mapa General de las Asociaciaciones de Suelos en el Ecuador, Ecological Map, etc.

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Ecuador, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Ecuador.

Inca Expansion

Provinces of the Inca Empire

Inca Provinces

Major cultures in the Late intermediate period (1000-1400 CE) in Peru, 1438

Initial expansion of Kindom of Cusco, 1463

Kingdom of Cusco, 1493

The Spanish Vice-Royalty of Peru

Territorial Dispute

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Ecuador as part of Viceroyalty of New Granada 1717-1819

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Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.

Greater Colombia 1819-1831

Language maps

Quechua language

Quechua language

Volcano maps

Major volcanoes

Satellite maps

Satellite Image of Ecuador

Satellite Image of the Galapagos Islands

Notes and references

General remarks:

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