Equador

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República do Equador
Republic of Equador
Flag of Ecuador
Language: Portuguese, many indigenous languages
Capital: Belem (Pará)
President:
Population: 13 million amazonenses (Amazonans) [2005]
Established: 1824, independence from Portugal
Currency: escudo
Organizations: Lusoamerican Union


Equador in Brief

Equador is a presidentialist republic in northern South America. Indigenous languages have a special protection status.

Special attraction: Amazon river and forest

Coat of Arms

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Azure a bar between four mullets argent over all a passion cross gules

History

See here

Geography

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Lusoamerican Union
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Map of Equador with States, their Capitals and neighbouring countries

Borders

North: Venezola, Cambrian Guyana, English Guyana, Batavian Guyana, French Guyana.
West: New Kingdom of Granada.
South: Peru, Paraná.
East: Brasil, Bahia.
Northeast: Atlantic Ocean.