Facts About Ecuador
- Country Telephone Code: 593
- Country Capital: Quito
- National Currency: US Dollar
- Independence Day: May 24, 1822
- Tourism Web Site: Ecuador Tourism Web Site
Geography
- Latitude & longitude: 2° 00´ S / 77° 30´ W
- Land Boundaries: 1,249 miles (2,010 km)
- Colombia: 367 miles (590 km)
- Peru: 882 miles (1,420 km)
- Coastline: 1,390 miles (2,237 km)
- Total Area: 109,483 sq miles (283,560 sq km)
- Land: 106,889 sq miles (276,840 sq km)
- Water (including Galapagos Islands): 2,595 sq miles (6,720 sq km)
- Highest Elevation: Mount Chimborazo - 20,561 ft. (6,267 m)
- Political Map: Ecuador has 24 provinces (capitals): Azuay (Cuenca), Bolívar (Cuaranda), Cañar (Azogues), Carchi (Tulcán), Chimborazo (Riobamba), Cotopaxi (Latacunga), El Oro (Machala), Esmeraldas (Esmeraldas), Galápagos (Baquerizo Moreno), Guayas (Guayaquil), Imbabura (Ibarra), Loja (Loja), Los Ríos (Babahoyo), Manabí (Portoviejo), Morona Santiago (Macas), Napo (Tena), Orellana (Puerto Francisco de Orellana), Pastaza (Puyo), Pichincha (Quito), Santa Elena (Santa Elena), Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas (Santo Domingo de los Colorados), Sucumbíos (Nueva Loja), Tungurahua (Ambato) and Zamora Chinchipe (Zamora).