Officially known as the Republic of Ecuador, it is a Latin American country, located in the northwestern part of South America. It limits to the North with Colombia and to the South and the East with Peru.

The Pacific Ocean bathes the western coast and separates it from the Galapagos Islands, located a thousand miles to the West. A volcanic section of the Andes mountain range divides the territory from north to south, leaving to its western flank the Gulf of Guayaquil and a wooded plain, and to the east, the Amazon.

Ecuador occupies an area of 283 561 km², making it the fourth smallest country in the subcontinent. It is the eighth most populous country in Latin America, with more than 16 million inhabitants, and the most densely populated in South America and the fifth in the continent.

The capital of the country is Quito and the most populated city, Guayaquil. The official language is Spanish, spoken by 99% of the population, along with thirteen other recognized indigenous languages, including Kichwa and Shuar.

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