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THE ECUADOR
Ecuador (officially the Republic of Ecuador) is a country located in the northwestern part of South
America. Ecuador Colombia bordered to the north, south and east by Peru and the west by the
Pacific Ocean. The country has an area of 283 561 km 2 and a population of more than 14 million
people. Ecuador is a crossed from north to south by a volcanic section of the Andes (70 volcanoes,the highest being Chimborazo, with 6,310 meters) 5 west of the Andes area the Gulf of Guayaquil
and a wooded plain, and east, the Amazon. It is the country with the highest concentrations of
rivers per square kilometer in the world. In Ecuadorian territory, which included the Galapagos
Islands 1000 km west of the coast is more dense biodiversity of the planet.
STATIONS.
Doe to the presence of the Andes and as the effect of the sea, continental Ecuador climatologically
is fragmented in various sectors. In addition, because of its tropical location, each climate zone has
only two seasons: wet and dry.
Both the east Coast and in the temperature ranges between 20 C and 33 C, while in the
mountains, is a usually between 8 C and 26 C. the west season runs between December and may
on the coast, from November to April in the mountains and from January to September in the
amazon: Galapagos as a temperature climate and good temperature between 22 and32 degrees
Celsius or so.
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THE PRINCIPALS CITYS
The metropolitan district of Quito, the capital city which has2.2 million inhabitants, being the seat
of govemment where powers are concentrated in the state, is the first to the declared cultural
heritage of humanity by UNESCO, the largest number of centers management of companies in the
country, both public and private.
Guayaquil, Ecuador`s most populated, with approximately 2,915,000 inhabitants in its
metropolitan area in 2010. It is the geographical cluster of cities in the Midwest, the main port of
Ecuador where entering and leaving about 70% of imports and exports.
ETHNOGRAPHY
The majority of the Ecuadorian population is mestizo, a mixture of both European and Amerindian
ancestry, and much like their ancestry, the national culture is also a blend of these two sources,
along with influences from kings from Africa. 95% of Ecuadorians are Roman Catholic, although
their Christian beliefs are mixed with ancient indigenous customs.
Ecuador can be split up into three parts, geographically; the Costa (coast), the Sierra (Highlands)
and El Oriente (the east; which includes the Amazonic region). The Galapagos Islands or
Archipiélago de Colón also belong to Ecuador. There is tension and dislike between the residents
of Quito and Guayaquil. Additionally, there is centralism in these two cities, so people from other
provinces also tend to dislike its residents. Furthermore, due to the at times extreme cultural
difference between the Coast and the Sierra, there is a general dislike between those two regions
that traces back to prehispanic times.
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LENGUAJE
The official lenguaje of intercultural relations is Spanish, with its peculiarities and idioms of each
area of region. Quichua, Shuar, the tsàfiqui and other ancestral lenguajes are for official use for
indigenous peoples, in the manner prescribed by law