ABOUT ECUADOR GENERAL

Bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru. 

Regions

The coastal plain, the inter-Andean Central Highlands, the flat-to-rolling eastern jungle and the Galapagos Archipel. 

Climate

Tropical along the coast, becoming cooler inland and at higher elevations. Tropical and humid in the Amazonas Jungle. 

Population

12,920,092 (July 2000 est.) divided into Mestizo (65%), Indigenous (25%), Black 3% and others (7%). 

Capital

Quito with a population close to 2,000,000 and located at 2850m of altitude. 

283,560 square km (including the Galapagos Islands).