ECUADOR by Joseph Medina https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe JJ Medina en-us 2019-03-04 20:50:50 UTC 2019-03-06 23:49:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png 6 Fast Facts jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/337673708 1.Ecuador is named after the equator.
 The national tree of Ecuador is the cinchona tree which produces Quinine, the first drug used to prevent and treat malaria.
2.The summit of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest mountain, is the point on Earth closest to the sun. Due to the mountain’s location along the equatorial bulge, its summit is the farthest point from the Earth’s core. This also means that Ecuador is the closest country to space.
3.Quito, Ecuador’s capital city, is 2,850m above sea level, making it the highest official capital city in the world. La Paz in Bolivia is higher but it cheats a little as it is not the constitutional capital (that’s Sucre), only the seat of government.
4.Charles Darwin visited Ecuador’s Galapagos islands in 1835 and largely based his theory of evolution on the discoveries he made there.
5.Ecuador is the world’s largest exporter of bananas.
6.Ecuador's currency is the US dollar.
]]> 2019-03-04 20:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/337673708 Physical Map of Ecuador jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/337673776 1.8312° S, 78.1834° W]]> 2019-03-04 20:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/337673776 Map of Latin America jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338133432 https://goo.gl/images/w32oyH
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https://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/ec.htm]]> 2019-03-05 20:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338133432 Ecuadorian desserts jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338139593 Espumillas: A popular street food in Ecuador, this dessert is a meringue cream made with fruit pulp, typically guava or guayaba, egg whites and sugar.
Flan de piña: Flan de piña is a pineapple flan or custard made with fresh pineapple juice, sugar, milk, eggs,and vanilla.
Flan de coco: Coconut flan with orange caramel.
]]> 2019-03-05 20:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338139593 Demographics jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338145129 17,025,392 is there population.
Ecuador is a sovereign state and a middle-income representative democratic republic. It has a developing economy that is focussed mainly on commodities such as petroleum and agricultural products. The country is governed as a democratic presidential republic and is one of seventeen megadiverse countries in the world as home to many endemic plants and animals, including those of the Galápagos Islands. Ecuador’s newest constitution of 2008 is the first internationally to feature enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
The Ecuadorian State is made up of five branches of government: the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch, the Electoral Branch, and Transparency and Social Control.

]]> 2019-03-05 21:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338145129 History jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338519832 Antonio Jose de Sucre won the battle of Pichincha on 24 May 1822, which guaranteed Ecuadorian independance.  Ecuador became part of Gran Colombia with Colombia and Venezuela. In 1828-1829 Ecuador was involved in a war with Peru over the border. ... Meanwhile slavery was abolished in Ecuador in 1851.
The tribes in the northern highlands of Ecuador formed the Kingdom of Quito around 1000. It was absorbed, by conquest and marriage, into the Inca Empire. Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro conquered the land in 1532, and throughout the 17th century a Spanish colony thrived by exploitation of the Indians.]]> 2019-03-06 17:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338519832 Climate jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338524365 The coastal lowlands in the western part of Ecuador are typically warm with temperatures in the region of 25 °C (77 °F). Coastal areas are affected by ocean currents and between January and April are hot and rainy.]]> 2019-03-06 18:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338524365 Government jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338618880 Lenín Moreno is Ecuador's president.
Born: March 19, 1953
Full Name: Lenín Boltaire Moreno Garcés
Spouse: Rocio Gonzalez Navas (m. 1974)
PAIS Alliance is an Ecuadorian center-left social democratic political 
]]> 2019-03-06 21:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338618880 Landscape jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338622198 What is Ecuador's Landscape Like? Ecuadorian landscape falls into three catgories: the coastal lowlands, the mountainous Sierra, and the Oriente jungle. Western Ecuador borders the Pacific Ocean. Tropical climate and sandy beaches characterize much of the coast.
La Costa. The western coastal area of Ecuador borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, encompasses a broad coastal plain, and then rises to the foothills of the Andes Mountains to the east.
Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador with an elevation of 20702 feet and the highest peak close to the equator. The stratovolcano is part of the Andes' Cordillera Occidental range.]]> 2019-03-06 21:12:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338622198 Language jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338627279 Ecuador's official language is Spanish, but Quichua, an Inca language, is spoken by the Indian population. Besides Spanish, ten native languages are spoken in Ecuador. English is the most spoken foreign language amongst tourist providers and professionals.]]> 2019-03-06 21:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338627279 Religion jmedina58 https://padlet.com/jmedina58/8g0ixx55ugpe/wish/338628155 The predominant religion is Roman Catholic, but there is a scattering of other Christian faiths. Indigenous Ecuadorians, however, have blended Catholicism and their traditional beliefs.

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