Ecuador

General country information

Capital	Quito
Government	republic
Area	283560 km²
Population / Density	13927650 (July 2008 est.) / 49/km²
Currency	US dollar (USD) currency converter
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$ 7200 (2007 est.)
HDI	0.772 (2005)
Official language(s)	Spanish (official), Amerindian languages (especially Quechua)
Religions	Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
Climate	tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
Interesting links	Country Insights - Centre for Intercultural Learning (Canada) Country information from the CIA-Website Country information from Wikipedia Ministry of Tourism Quito News Quito News is part of the WN Network which ranks as one of the top sites for world news on the Internet, reaching around 12 million unique web users in the average month.