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Republic of Ecuador
República del Ecuador (Spanish)
Motto: "Dios, patria y libertad"  (in Spanish)
"Pro Deo, Patria et Libertate"  (in Latin)
"God, homeland and freedom"
Anthem: 

Salve, Oh Patria
Hail, Oh Homeland
Location of Ecuador
CapitalQuito
00°9′S 78°21′W / 0.150°S 78.350°W / -0.150; -78.350
Largest cityGuayaquil
Official languagesSpanish[1]
Ethnic groups
Mestizo 71.9%
Montubio 7.4%
Afroecuadorian 7.2%
Amerindian 7%
White 6.1%
others 0.4%[2]
Demonym(s)Ecuadorian
Ecuadorean
[3]
GovernmentUnitary presidential constitutional republic
• President
Rafael Correa
Lenín Moreno
Fernando Cordero Cueva
LegislatureNational Assembly
Independence
• Declared
August 10, 1809
• from Spain
May 24, 1822
• from Gran Colombia
May 13, 1830
• Recognized
February 16, 1830
September 28, 2008
Area
• Total
275,830 (with[convert: unknown unit] (75th)
• Water (%)
5
Population
• 2011 estimate
15,007,343[1] (65th)
• 2010 census
14,306,876[4]
• Density
53.8/km2 (139.3/sq mi) (151st)
GDP (PPP)2011 estimate
• Total
$127.426 billion[5]
• Per capita
$8,492[5]
GDP (nominal)2011 estimate
• Total
$66.381 billion[5]
• Per capita
$4,424[5]
Gini (2009)49[6]
Error: Invalid Gini value
HDI (2011)Increase 0.720[7]
Error: Invalid HDI value (83rd)
CurrencyUS$2 (USD)
Time zoneUTC−5, −6 (ECT, GALT)
Driving sideright
Calling code+593
ISO 3166 codeEC
Internet TLD.ec
  1. Quechua and other Amerindian languages spoken by indigenous communities.
  2. Sucre until 2000, followed by the U.S. dollar and Ecuadorian centavo coins
  1. ^ a b "World Factbook" (PDF). 2008 revision. CIA. 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Población del país es joven y mestiza, dice censo del INEC. eluniverso.com. Data from the national census 2010 (2011-09-02)
  3. ^ "Ecuador entry at MW.com". Merriam-webster.com. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  4. ^ Preliminary result of Ecuadorian census held on November 28, 2010.[dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d "Ecuador". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  6. ^ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference HDI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).