Ecuador

Capital: Quito
Language: Spanish / Quechua
Population: 12 000 000
Religion: Roman Catholic

Industries: chemicals and petroleum, food, textiles.

Agriculture products: fruits (tropic), cacao, coffee, rice, livestock and wheat.

Generally speaking:
• Ecuador’s climate is stretching from tropic Pacific coast, over the mountainous Andes to the Amazon rain forest climate.
• Ecuador’s highest mountain is Chimborazo; 6 310 meters.
• The Galapagos Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean, about 1 000 km or 600 miles from mainland Ecuador.
• The Galapagos Islands are an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Galapagos Islands are source of inspiration for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.