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Ecuador
Ecuador is a country in South America with its capital in Quito.
- Capital
- Quito
- Region
- South America, Central & South America
- Population
- 18.1 million
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- United States dollar ($)
- Area
- 276,841 km²
- Borders
- 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇵🇪 Peru
💡 Named after the equator; uses the US dollar as its currency.
About the flag
Its coat of arms shows an Andean condor above Mount Chimborazo, with a steamship on a river below and zodiac signs of the months of the 1845 March Revolution.
How to spot it: Same yellow-blue-red layout as Colombia but with a coat of arms topped by a condor in the centre; Venezuela has equal stripes and stars.
Often confused with: 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇻🇪 Venezuela