{"id":65482,"date":"2026-05-03T15:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=65482"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T05:36:07","slug":"key-facts-about-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ecuador Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and Ecuador are looking at the possibility of firming up a preferential trade pact to boost economic ties.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ecuador<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a country located on the <\/span><b>northwestern edge of South America.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by <\/span><b>Colombia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the north, by <\/span><b>Peru <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the south and east.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maritime boundaries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It shares borders with the Pacific Ocean to the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Quito.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Ecuador<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists<\/span><b> of 4 geographic regions <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">namely<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Coastal lowlands and mountain area<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the <\/span><b>Central Andes Mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its <\/span><b>two major chains<\/b> <b>Cordillera Occidental<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the West and the <\/span><b>Cordillera Oriental<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the east.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b> <b>Tropical along coast,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The highest point in Ecuador is <\/span><b>Mount Chimborazo,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 20,560ft (6,268m).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Volcano:<\/b> <b>Cotopaxi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the world\u2019s highest active volcanoes located in the Andes Mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Babahoyo, Chira, Coca, Curaray.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of Petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/economy\/foreign-trade\/india-and-ecuador-exploring-preferential-trade-deal-to-boost-economic-ties\/articleshow\/130713490.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecuador is a country located on the northwestern edge of South America. 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