Ecuador

Where in the world is Ecuador?

Ecuador

Alabama

Red stands for the blood shed for independence

Blue is for the sea and skyYellow is for abundant cropshttp://www.countryreports.org/country/Ecuador/symbols/flag.htm

Ecuador’s Flag

Quito: Ecuador’s

Capital City

Church of San Fransicso, Quito

85 % of Ecuadorians are

Catholic. PHOTO COURTESY OF: Nick

Leonard

Rafael Correa,Ecuador’s President

The Andes Mountains

The highest peak is Chimborazo, at 20,702 feet

(6,310 meters).

Ecuador: geography. Map/Still. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 2  Sept.  2011.  <http://school.eb.com/elementary/art-65024>.

Galapagos Islands

Marine Iguanas in Galapagos, Ecuador

PHOTO COURTESY OF: Matt Fleet

Galapagos Islands…Las Islas Encantadas – The

Enchanted Islands

giant tortoise: Isabela Island. Photograph. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 2  Sept.  2011.  <http://school.eb.com/elementary/art-87003>.

Two blue-footed boobiesPHOTO COURTESY OF: Nick Leonard

http://www.countryreports.org/country/Ecuador/gallery.htm

Some fruits found there are: mangos, papayas, custard apples, pasion fruit, crab apples and bananas.

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Local market in Cuenca, Ecuador

Ecuador is the largest exporter of bananas and they are included in

every meal.

PHOTO COURTESY OF: Nick Leonard

Futbol (Soccer) is one of the most popular sports in Ecuador.

In Ecuador, children attend school only every other year because it is so expensive to purchase uniforms

and shoes.