FAST FACTS
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Full Country name:
Republic of Ecuador
- Area: 256,370 sq km (98,985 sq mi)
- Population: 15,007,343
- Capital City: Quito
- People: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and Spanish descendants) 65%, Amerindians 25%, Criollos (unmixed Spanish descendants and other European and Latin Americans) 7%, Afro-Ecuadorian 3%
- Religion:Roman Catholic 95%, mixture of Indigenous and Christianity 4%, Muslim, 0.02%, Jewish 0.01%
- Government: Presidential Democratic Republic
- President: Rafael Correa
- GDP: $115 billion
- GDP per capita: $7,800
- Annual growth: 3.2%
- Inflation: 3.3%
- Major Industries: Petroleum, bananas, cocoa, timber, shrimp, tuna, tourism, flowers, handcrafts.
- Major trading partners: US, Colombia, Italy, Peru, Chile, Venezuela
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