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: 13,212,742 as of July 2004

Population Under Age 14: 33.9%

Capital: Quito

Official language: Spanish

Currency: U.S. dollar

Religion: Roman Catholic, 95%

Literacy: 92.5%

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

Agriculture: Bananas, cattle, coffee, cocoa, dairy products, sheep, shrimp

Industrial Products: Oil, food processing

Source: CIA World Factbook (July, 2004)