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Ecuador
Ecuador, officially known as the Republic of Ecuador, is a representative democratic republic in South America. The country is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Peru on the east and south, and Colombia on the north. It has an estimated population of 14,790,608 as of 2010.
646 Questions
When did the President of Ecuador become president?
Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado assumed office on 2007 January 15.
He was re-elected in 2009. In 2008, he managed to get Ecuador's foreign debt heavily reduced by declaring the previous debt illegitimate due to having been contracted by corrupt and despotic previous regimes. During the 2010 September crisis, he was injured and taken hostage by police officers in a police uprising, but later rescued by military forces.
The President of Ecuador serves as both head of government and head of state and is elected to 4-year terms, although the position has been relatively unstable, with no president serving the full 4-years since 1992-1996.
How do you spell Ecuador in English?
The country name is Ecuador in any language.
The term ecuador is Spanish for "equator."
How far is loja Ecuador from the equator?
Loja, Ecuador is located approximately 4 degrees south of the equator.
What are the Latitude and longitude coordinates of Quito Ecuador?
In Quito, Ecuador, the latitude at . . .
-- the center of the field at Estadio Chillogallo is 0.27889° South.
-- the center of the field at Estadio Universitaria is 0.20190° South.
-- the center of the field at Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa is 0.17761° South.
-- the center of the field at Plaza de Toros de Quito is 0.16328° South.
-- the center of the field at Estadio Casa Blanca is 0.10768° South.
-- the beginning of Runway-17 at Mariscal Sucre Airport is 0.12727° South.
-- the end of the same runway, 3,107 meters from the beginning, is 0.15505° South.
-- the center of the dome on the northwest side of the Government Palace is 0.21952° South.
-- the center of the dome on the Catedral Metropolitana de Quito, Eugenio Espejo,
just south of the Government Palace, is 0.22066° South.
There is no such thing as "the latitude closest" to something.
You would not ask "What length on the ruler is closest to your height ?"
You would ask "What is your height ?"
Similarly, when discussing the location of a place, we ask "What is its latitude ?",
and the answer is "Its latitude is ..... ".
When you're comfortable with this concept, we'll introduce you to 'longitude'.
What are the 3 biggest volcanoes in Ecuador?
They include: Mt. Vesuvius, Naples in southern Italy, Krakatoa on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa and Mauna Loa is located on the Big Island of Hawaii. After 400 years of dormancy, Indonesia's Mount Sinabung has woken up from its slumber with an eruption that has already displaced 30,000 people.
Why does Quito have a pleasant climate throughout the year?
Quito
(kēˈtō)[
key], city (1990 pop. 1,100,847), N central Ecuador, capital of Ecuador and of Pichincha prov. After Guayaquil it is Ecuador's largest city. The setting of Quito is visually splendid: It lies at the foot of the Pichincha volcano in the hollow of a gently sloping, fertile valley. Only a short distance below the equator but at an elevation of 9,350 ft (2,850 m), Quito has a pleasant, balmy climate; however, it is subject to earthquakes and has been damaged several times. The city has textile mills and handicraft and other minor industries, but it is primarily as the educational, cultural, and political center of Ecuador that Quito is important. It is the seat of the Central Univ. of Ecuador and of the oldest art school in Latin America. The site was originally settled by the Quito people. It was captured by the Inca and became the capital of the Inca Kingdom of Quito a few decades before Sebastián de Benalcázar arrived and captured it for Spain (1534). In 1663, Quito became the seat of an audiencia, with boundaries foreshadowing that of present-day Ecuador. Quito was shifted back and forth between the viceroyalty of Peru and that of
New Granada. There was an abortive uprising against Spain in 1809, and not until 1822 was the city liberated by Antonio José de
Sucre. Quito has a Spanish colonial atmosphere, with many examples of fine early architecture, notably the great Church of San Francisco (see
Spanish colonial art and architecture). Much of the city's population is Native American.
How is it possible that there is snow on the equator in winter?
Except at very high altitudes which only a few regions near the equator reach, it is not cold enough near the equator to snow.
Snowfalls occur only above the line of freezing temperatures, which at the equator is between 4,500 and 4,600 metres or 18,000 feet above sea level. Between this latitude and around 3,000 metres or 9,800 feet, there is a pattern of nightly freezes followed by a strong daily thaw all year round due to the combination of thin chilled air and extremely high solar radiation. Even above the snow line, there is some thaw but it is more than balanced by freezing and with the high precipitation snow remains on the ground, as with Mount Kenya, the Rwenzoris and the Tropical Andes.
It should be noted that the snow line at the equator is by no means the highest in the world. Slightly longer days and stable air at the Tropics means that more snow can be melted and less will fall. Even in the humid Himalayas the snow line is around 5,500 to 5,600 metres and in the Desert Andes it is as high as 6,500 metres. As far from the equator as the Uinta Mountains in Utah at 43˚N, the permanent snow line is still as high as at the equator due to low precipitation and long, hot summer days.
Where did the name Galapagos come from?
The word Galapago means "saddle" In old Spanish language, this word was used to describe the frontal piece of a riding saddle.
What South American country has the fewest bordering countries?
Ecuador and Uruguay both have two bordering countries
What traditions are in Ecuador?
Some of the traditions in Ecuador include Carnival and New Years. Carnival is a country wide water fight. For New Years they make dummy dolls and then light them on fire and jump over them. This is to represent a doing away of all your bad habbits.
How does the climate affects Ecuador's economy?
Ecuador's climate affects Ecuador's economy because the tropical weather produces many banana.
Ecuador is the largest exporter of bananas. :)
They're also the 2nd largest shrimp producers.
What things originated in Ecuador?
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Ecuador is the capital of which country?
Ecuador is the name of a country. It is not a capital city of any country.
