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Ecuador is a
representative democratic republic in northwestern South America,
bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south,
and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador also includes the
Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres west of
the mainland, Ecuador has a land area of 283,520 km2 and a
population of appr. 15.2 million. Its capital city is Quito,
which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the 1970s for
having the best preserved and least altered historic center in
Latin America. The country's largest city is Guayaquil. The
historic center of Cuenca, was declared a World Heritage Site in
1999 as an outstanding example of a planned, inland Spanish-style
colonial city in the Americas. Ecuador is known for hosting a
variety of species, many of them endemic, such as those of the
Galápagos Islands. It is one of seventeen megadiverse countries
in the world, with the most species diversity per unit area. The
new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize
legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.Ecuador
became the 83rd country of the world I visited. Hope you will
enjoy the pictures from this interesting country
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