Ecuador is located to the northwest of South America , on the Pacific Ocean coast. It is crossed by the Equator and has territory of 256.370 km2, divided in four regions: Coast, Andean highlands, Amazonian jungle and the Galapagos Islands . Quito is the capital, and the country's population of 12.5000.000 includes a mixture of races such as white, mestizo, negro and indian.
Wide ranging natural territories include mountains, volcanoes, rivers, forests and wetlands, mangrove swamps, rain forests and beautiful beaches on the Pacific Ocean. |
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The Galapagos Islands is one of the most visited regions because of its peculiar endemic flora and fauna, a place where it seems evolution has stopped and one can observe the only giant turtles in the world, iguanas, sea lions, black and red footed boobies, flightless cormorants and flashy frigate birds, and a variety of other endemic creatures. To the east is the Amazon jungle with a variety of ethnic groups and an incredible biovariety and wildlife somehow coexisting with the big oil companies operating in the area. |
