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Capital:
Quito
Area:
270,670 sq km / 104,479 sq ml
Language:
Spanish
Currency:
Sucre
Population:
13,710,234
Life expectancy:
65 (men), 69 (women)
Literacy rate:
88% (men), 84% (women)
Religions:
Roman Catholic
Physical features:
Coastal plain rises steeply to Andes Mountains, these are divided by many cultivated valleys; rainforest in the east. Ecuador is crossed by the equator, from which it gets its name
Ethnic distribution:
55% Mestizo (mixed race), 25% Indian, 10% Spanish, 10% African
Exports:
Bananas, cocoa, coffee, sugar, rice, fruit, balsa wood, fish, petroleum, shrimps, flowers
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