Ecuador has an incredible amount of resources, both economic and environmental.
Here are 35 interesting facts about Ecuador you might not know.
The Galapagos Islands are 886 miles, or 1,426 kilometers, west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean.
These 13 native dialects make up the language of the remaining 6% of people who live in Ecuador.
Ecuador and Peru were engaged in a long-running fight over the border the two countries share.
Looking at recent Ecuador facts relating to the exports of bananas, over 280 million boxes of bananas are exported each year.
Oil, bananas, shrimp, gold and agricultural products form the main basis of the export economy of Ecuador.