Ecuador

Ecuador ( ), offeecially the Republic o Ecuador (Spaingie: República del Ecuador, Spaingie pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika ðel ekwaˈðoɾ]), leeterally "Republic o the equator"), is a representative democratic republic in Sooth Americae, thit mairches bi Colombie tae the north, Peru tae the east an sooth, an the Paceefic Ocean tae the wast. It is ane o anerlie twa kintras in Sooth Americae (thegither wi Chile) that disna hae a mairch wi Brazil. The kintra forby includes the Galápagos Islands in the Paceefic, aboot 965 kilometre (600 mile) wast o the mainland. Ecuador striddles the equator, fae whilk it taks its name, an haes a aurie o 256,371 square kilometres (98,985 mi²). Its caipital ceety is Quito an its lairgest ceety is Guayaquil. Ecuador is yin o the 17 megadiverse kintras in the warld, bi the Warld Conservation Monitorin Centre's wey o it.

 Provinces 
Ecuador haes 24 provinces (Spaingie: provincias):
275px|right|Cairt o Ecuador
 CairtKey  Province  Caipital 1  border|22x20px Azuay  Cuenca 2  border|22x20px Bolívar  Guaranda 3  border|22x20px Cañar  Azogues 4  border|22x20px Carchi  Tulcán 5  Chimborazo  Riobamba 6  border|22x20px Cotopaxi  Latacunga 7  border|22x20px El Oro  Machala 8  border|22x20px Esmeraldas  Esmeraldas 9  border|22x20px Galápagos  Puerto Baquerizo Moreno 10 border|22x20px Guayas  Guayaquil 11  border|22x20px Imbabura  Ibarra 12  border|22x20px Loja  Loja CairtKey  Province  Caipital 13  border|22x20px Los Ríos  Babahoyo 14  border|22x20px Manabí  Portoviejo 15  border|22x20px Morona-Santiago  Macas 16  border|22x20px Napo  Tena 17  border|22x20px Orellana  Puerto Francisco de Orellana 18  border|22x20px Pastaza  Puyo 19  border|22x20px Pichincha  Quito 20  Santa Elena  Santa Elena 21  border|22x20px Santo Domingo  Santo Domingo 22  border|22x20px Sucumbíos  Nueva Loja 23  border|22x20px Tungurahua  Ambato 24  border|22x20px Zamora-Chinchipe  Zamora

Historic Center o Quito, UNESCO World Heritage Site

References


Category:Kintras in Sooth Americae
Category:OPEC member states
Category:Member states o the Union o Sooth American Naitions
Category:Republics
Category:Spaingie-speakin kintras an territories
Category:States an territories established in 1830
Category:Member states o the Unitit Naitions