Region: South America
Capital: Quito
Population: 15,007,343
Area: 276,841 km²
Currency: Ecuador Sucre (ECS)
Languages: Spanish
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border with Brazil. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres west of the mainland. Wikipedia
