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ECUADOR
Chandelier Touring Co.,Ltd.
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Location: In South America Ecuador lies on both the northern and the southern Hemispheres and is divided by the Equator, tus the name of the country. It borders Colombia, North; Perú, South and East; and the Pacific Ocean, West.
Area: 256,370sq.km.
Population: approximately 13 million.
Capital: Quito.
Language: Spanish, Quichua second.
Religion: 95% Catholic.
Currency: American dollar.
Government: Democratic, Current President is Economist Rafael Correa.
Climate: Tropical equatorial rain in the Amazon, Highlands temperature vary from 50° to 70°F, Coastal cities vary from 60° to 80°F, Galápagos Islands are sunny and warm during the months of December-May and temperature drops from June to November. |
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“Come to ECUADOR a megadiverse country with beauties and delights” |
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Ecuador is a small country (256,370sq. km) about the size of Colorado or Italy. But what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in geographic variety. In a recent study of Conservation International, Ecuador is among the 17 "megadiverse" countries. With its relatively small territory Ecuador has the biggest biodiversity per area in the world with 9.2 species per square km, it occupies the first place in the world with regards to species (46) per area.
In fact the 17% of the country`s territory has been declared National Protected Areas, Ecuador corresponds 0.17% of the planet`s surface holding the biggest BIODIVERSITY of LAND VERTEBRATES per area (mammals, birds; of the 32 Bird World Life Zones, 26 are found in Ecuador, amphibians and reptiles). 16,087 vascular plant species, 4,250 species of orchids (of each 10 plants, 4 are orchids).
All of these are possible thanks to 3 factors: The Andes, Equatorial zone, Humboldt and El Niño Current. |
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Copyright © 2007 - 2010 Chandelier Touring Cía Ltda – Isla San Cristobal N41-180 e isla Floreana / Quito- Ecuador
Phone: (593 2) 601-0797 / (593 9) 934-3149
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