Ecuador

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Ecuador
Grade 8 Social Studies
By Jeremy Conway
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Equator Flag
Flag Description It has three horizontal bands
of yellow (top, double width), it is blue, and
red with the coat of arms superimposed at the
center of the flag.
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Equador population

• The population of Ecuador 13,447,494 as of July
  2002.

• LanguagesSpanish (official), Amerindian
  languages (especially Quechua)

• Religions Roman Catholic 95

• Ethnic groups Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and
  white) 65, Amerindian 25, Spanish and others
  7, black 3

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Some natural hazards are
Natural hazards frequent earthquakes,
landslides, volcanic activity floods periodic
droughts
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Some natural resources are
Natural resources arepetroleum, fish, timber,
hydropower
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Highest and lowest Elevation points
Elevation extremes lowest point Pacific Ocean
0 m highest point Chimborazo 6,267 m
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Map of Equador

• The location is Western South America, bordering
  the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between
  Colombia and Peru.

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Transportion!
There are 965km of railways.
Highways consist of 43 497km total. With 8,165km
paved and 35,032 not paved.
There are 1500km of waterways in Ecuador.
There are 205 airports in Ecuador.
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Crater!
Pasochoa Reserve Quito
Fog swirls over the rim of a crater at the
Pasochoa Reserve in Quito, Ecuador.
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Pasochoa Summit (Quito)
This is a summit in the Pasochoa reserve. It is
located in the west and it is called the Pasochoa
Summit.
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Ecuador Animals
This is a hammerhead shark that is located in the
waters around the Galapagos Islands. The amount
of these sharks has gone down in recent years
because of fishermen catching them.
This is a plate billed mountain toucan.
This is a tortoise that is located on the
Galapagos Islands.
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Ecuador Goverment!

• Government type republic

• Capital Quito

• Independence
• 24 May 1822 (from Spain)

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Industries!
Industries petroleum, food processing, textiles,
metal work, paper products, wood,chemicals,
plastics, fishing, lumber
Imports machinery and equipment, chemicals, raw
materials, fuels consumer goods
Agriculture - products bananas, coffee, cocoa,
rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains,
sugarcane cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy
products balsa wood fish, shrimp
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Exports!
Exports - partners US 38, Peru 6, Chile 5,
Colombia 5, Italy 3
Exports - commodities petroleum, bananas,
shrimp,coffee, cocoa, cut flowers, fish
-Exports account for 4.8 billion of Ecuadors
economy
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Sierra

• Warm days, cool nights
• Quito is located there
• It is the central region
• Serranos are the people that live in the Sierra

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Costa

• Means coast
• It is the western region of Ecuador
• Yellow fever has been wiped out there
• Railroads and railways have been set up there
  for transportation
• Swamps have been drained to make more land
  available

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Oriente (east)

• Not many people live there due to thick
  rainforest, hilly land, rivers that frequently
  flood,
• People are beginning to move there for oil and
  the industry in that area

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Galapagos Islands

• How does these islands help Ecuadors economy?
• Tourism people travel there to view the
  different types of animals and wildlife that is
  unique only on those islands
• Charles Darwin went there to view the unique
  animals

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Conclusion
In conclusion while I was doing this slide show
I learned a lot of things about the country
Ecuador and about there culture. So while I
presented it I hope that you learned some
valuable information about Ecuador.
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Sorces!
I got my information at

• http//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/
  ec.html

and

• http//www.ecuador-images.net/animal.htm

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The End!!!!