Ecuador, Ecuador Republic (Spanish: Rep ú blica del Ecuador) is located in northwestern South America countries, North and adjacent to Columbia, south of Peru, the Pacific West foreshore, and Chile as the only country in South America two not adjacent to Brazil, the other has jurisdiction over 1000 kilometers away from Ecuador local in the Galapagos islands.

    Ecuador in August 10, 1809 when the rule of independence from spain. The trans equatorial Ecuador frontier, plus in Spanish Ecuador means the equator, the country also has the nickname "the country", or because the bananas and known as the "Kingdom of banana". Located in the foothills of the pichincha Quito volcano, 2850 meters above the sea level, capital city in the world with second high (after Bolivia capital La Paz). As the union of South American nations members.