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The official name of Ecuador is Republic of Ecuador.

Ecuador is located to the northwest of South America. It limits the north with Colombia,
the south and the east with Peru and the west with the Pacific Ocean. It occupies an area
of 271,000 km2 and a population of just over 14 million. The capital of the Republic of
Ecuador is the city of Quito. The main cities are Guayaquil Quito and Cuenca.
The population is formed by 71.93% mestizos, 7.39% montubios, 7.07% indigenous,
6.09% white and 7.19% Afro-Ecuadorians. The official language is Spanish, spoken by
99% of the population, along with thirteen other recognized indigenous languages,
including Kichwa and Shuar.
The Republic of Ecuador was founded in the year 1830. The type of government of
Ecuador is republic. The country's defense is in charge of the Armed Forces of Ecuador
that are part of the public force and responsible for the integrity and sovereignty of the
national territory have 127,000 active military personnel and 218,000 reservists.
Ecuador is an independent Republic and if you can say "allies," are the countries that
make up the Organization of American States of the OAS. Less Peru (for the well-
known warrior fights). The Central Bank of Ecuador considers that Ecuador will grow
1.42% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017. Ecuador is a country with a great
variety of natural resources such as: oil, natural gas, water resources, flora, fauna , And
wind energy. The official currency is 1 US dollar
Ecuador's main exports are crude oil, bananas, crustaceans, flowers, coffee, cocoa.
The main imports from Ecuador are vehicles , medicines for human use, cell phones,
televisions.
Ecuador's main trading partners are the united states, china, russia, chile

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