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This is a collection of Sandalsand’s pictures from Ecuador. They cover the elevated parts of the country, in the Andes.
If you look up all articles from Ecuador, you will also find world heritage sites and regular travelogues. Before anything else, start with these pictures from Ecuador.
Afterwards, find more photo galleries on Sandalsand.
Fast facts
Learn about the country on Wikipedia. Here is a moderated excerpt:
Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers west of the mainland. The capital is Quito.
Most of its 17.1 million people are mestizos, followed by large minorities of European, Native American, and African descendants. Spanish is the official language and is spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 Native languages are also recognized, including Quechua and Shuar.
The sovereign state of Ecuador is a middle-income representative democratic republic and a developing country that is highly dependent on commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. It is governed as a democratic presidential republic.
Ecuador is one of 17 megadiverse countries in the world. It hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, between 2006 and 2016, poverty decreased from 36.7% to 22.5% and annual per capita GDP growth was 1.5 percent (as compared to 0.6 percent over the prior two decades). At the same time, the country’s Gini index of economic inequality decreased from 0.55 to 0.47.
