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Ecuador (officially the Republic of Ecuador) is a country located in the northwestern part of South America. Ecuador Colombia bordered to the north, south and east by Peru and the west by the Pacific Ocean. The country has an area of 283 561 km ² and a population of more than 14 million people. Ecuador is crossed from north to south by a volcanic section of the Andes (70 volcanoes, the highest being Chimborazo, with 6,310 meters) 5 West of the Andes are the Gulf of Guayaquil and a wooded plain, and east, the Amazon. It is the country with the highest concentrations of rivers per square kilometer in the world. In Ecuadorian territory, which includes the Galapagos Islands 972 km west of the coast is more dense biodiversity of the planet. 
The first human settlements in the Ecuadorian territory date back to 12000 a. C. (El Inga, Chobshi, Den, Las Vegas), subsequently developed several pre-Columbian peoples. The Inca Empire conquered the region in the mid-fifteenth century and the Spanish conquest in this territory started a century later, in 1534. Durente Spanish colony was almost three hundred years. Independence era had its origins in 1809, and began the process of emancipation understood from 1820 to 1822. After the final independence from Spanish rule, the territory was quickly joined the Gran Colombia, while the coastal territory remained independent until the annexation by military means by Simón Bolívar. In 1830 South grancolombianas territories split and created the Ecuadorian nation. Since the beginning of the republic there was political instability that led to the origin of various revolutions throughout the nineteenth century. The twentieth century was marked by little or no participation of the country in the world wars, several border disputes with Peru, and the establishment of military governments. In 1979, Ecuador returned to a democratic system, but again displayed the political instability during the last years of government.
Ecuador is listed as the largest exporter of bananas at mundial6 and one of the leading exporters of flowers, shrimps and cocoa.
Politically, Ecuador is a constitutional state Republican and decentralized political divided administratively into 24 provinces.

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