ECUADOR/REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR

CURRENCY AND POPULATION

• Ecuador uses the US dollar as their currency.
• There are 15,654,411 people in Ecuador.

RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT

• Ecuador is a democracy
• The main religion is Roman Catholic
• Ecuador received their independence from Spain in 1822
• Their capital is Quito
• Their president is Rafeal Correa Delgado

GEOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS

• Ecuador has 3 volcanoes, Pichincha, Cotopaxi, and Chimborazo
• Ecuador is also home to the Galápagos Islands

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• George Padilla:Web Star
• Mike Judge:Director
• Diego Seranno:TV actor

THINGS TO DO/CULTURE

• Bird watching, Mountain Climbing, and Horseback riding.
• Hominy Dip is a food from Ecuador, made with toasted garlic and peanuts
• In Ecuador Culture, they listen to Pasilla music.

NEWSWORTHY EVENT

• Recently, the cousin of the president
• has been accused of embezzling
• money.

THE FLAG

• Yellow stands for abundance and fertility of crops
• The red stands for the soldiers blood in the independence movement
• The blue stands for the sky and sea.

CLIMATE

• Ecuador is tropical near the rainforests,
• but colder and milder near the mountians