Ecuador

Republic Ecuador - the state in the South America. Ecuador in Spanish means equator. From here and the name of the country laying on either side of from this conditional line. The composition of Ecuador includes also the Galapagos Islands which have been had in Pacific ocean, in one thousand kilometres from coast (in Spanish galapago - an elephant turtle). The square of Ecuador - 283,6  sq. km. Capital - Kito.

In terrain of Ecuador for a long time there lived various American Indian nations - a penalty, to a whale, a curbstone, etc. And now nearby 80 % of the population of the country Indians and mongrels compound.

Ecuador has dumped a colonial yoke of Spaniards in 1822 by means of the Colombian troops headed by Bolivar. In 1830 the country has got out composition of Great Colombia, having formed the independent state.

The Country is divided by the Andes into hot bayshore lowlands and equatorial woods of east Ecuador. Optimum conditions for residing - mountain terrains (serra). Here the basic belt of moving and capital Kito (1,1  is had; million persons). The affinity to equator stipulates insignificant oscillations of temperature in the course of the year, and thanks to the big height above sea level, on serre there is no present tropical heat and the perpetually spring reigns.

Agricultural lands - main oof of the country. Besides traditional export of bananas, cocoa and coffee, the big interest represent fruits of numerous exotic macrotherms. The big share in export belongs to petroleum.

Relative cheapness of food stuffs and quickly enough an emerging market of tourist services do Ecuador the country attractive to tourism. The most widespread itineraries - Kito - Guayaquil - Galapagossky islands and Kito - neighbourhoods of a burning mountain of Chimborazo.