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Ecuador

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Ecuador. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Ecuador's geography, history, government, economy, population, culture,…

Ecuador

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Ecuador Ecuador ĕkˈwədôr [Span., = equator], officially Republic of…

Quito

(Encyclopedia) QuitoQuitokēˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 1,100,847), N central Ecuador, capital of Ecuador and of Pichincha prov. After Guayaquil it is Ecuador's largest city. The setting of Quito is…

Moreno, Lenín

(Encyclopedia) Moreno, Lenín (Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés), 1953–, Ecuadorian political leader, president of Ecuador (2017–). Moreno was a manager in the private sector for several years before…

Pichincha

(Encyclopedia) PichinchaPichinchapēchēnˈchä [key], active volcano, 15,918 ft (4,852 m) high, N Ecuador, near Quito. Its most serious recent eruption was in 1998–2001. On its lower slopes, in the…

Sangay

(Encyclopedia) Sangay, active volcano, 17,343 ft (5,286 m) high, S central Ecuador. A symmetrical, glacier-capped, cone-shaped stratovolcano at the edge of the Amazon rainforest, it is the most…

Correa Delgado, Rafael Vicente

(Encyclopedia) Correa Delgado, Rafael VicenteCorrea Delgado, Rafael Vicenteräfäālˈ vēsānˈtā kōrāˈä delgäˈᵺō [key], 1963–, Ecuadorian economist and political leader, president of Ecuador (2007–2017),…

Ecuador Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Ecuador Index: People Economy U.S.-Ecuadorian Relations PEOPLE Ecuador's population is ethnically mixed. The largest ethnic groups are indigenous…

Chimborazo

(Encyclopedia) ChimborazoChimborazochēmbōräˈsō [key], inactive volcano, 20,577 ft (6,272 m) high, central Ecuador; the highest in Ecuador. Its summit is always snowcapped. First explored by Alexander…

Ambato

(Encyclopedia) Ambato Ambato ämbäˈtō [key], city, capital of Tungurahua prov., central Ecuador, in a high Andean valley. A major commercial and transportation center,…