Get to know Ecuador. Learn all about its land, products and amazing culture.

Official name: Republic of Ecuador

Size: 109,483 square miles; slightly smaller than Nevada

Population: 14,573,101 as of July 2009

Capital: Quito

Official language: Spanish

Currency: U.S. dollar

Climate: tropical along coast and in the Amazonian jungle lowlands; cooler inland and at higher elevations

Agriculture: bananas, coffee, cocoa, shrimp, petroleum