Ecuador:
Ecuador’s Indigenous groups are fiercely opposing President Noboa’s plan to expand oil drilling in the Amazon.
- Ecuador is a country located on the northwestern edge of South America.
- Ecuador was part of the Inca Empire until the Spanish arrived and claimed the country as a Spanish colony.
- It is divided into four geographic regions: the coastal lowlands and mountain area; the Central Andes Mountains and its two major chains (Cordillera Occidental in the West) and the (Cordillera Oriental in the east).
- It is bordered by Colombia to the north, by Peru to the south and east.
- It shares borders with the Pacific Ocean to the west.
- Ecuador also includes the Galapagos Islands.
- The highest point in Ecuador is Mount Chimborazo, at 20,560ft (6,268m).
- Cotopaxi is one of the world’s highest active volcanoes located in the Andes Mountains.
- Rivers:Babahoyo, Chira, Coca, Curaray.
- Capital City: Quito
