Ecuador

Official Name: República del Ecuador
Capitals: Quito
Population: 17,612,000 (2021 est.)
Size: 73rd largest country in the world (256,370 km2)
• Ecuador’s name comes from the Spanish word for the equator
• Ecuador was the first country in the world to recognise the rights of nature
• The first UNESCO World Heritage site is the Galapagos Islands
• Ecuador is the closest country to space
• Measuring the Equator began in Ecuador
• Ecuadorian garbage trucks play music
• The flag’s yellow represents the crops and soil, the blue represents the seas and skies, and the red is for the lives lost when fighting for independence, the Coat of Arms includes a cóndor which symbolises the power and strength of the nation.