General Info

General Information of Ecuador, to realize your trip to Ecuador.

Capital: QUITO

Government: Republican, presidential, elective, representative, responsable, alternative, participative and administration descentralized.

STATE FUNCTIONS: Executive, Legislative, y Juditial.

Administrative POLITICAL DIVISION: Providences (22)

Oficial lANGUAGE: Spanish;and quichua (language spoken by indians that
has a great number of speakers;and other 18 languages.)

Religions: Predominate Roman Catholic, but there's other cults.

Weight AND MeATURE: International System, SI

Currency: DOLAR, with fractional coins of1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents and of 1 dolar (in circulation) and bills of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 y 100.

Time one : GMT- 5 hours ( Ecuador continental ), Galápagos GMT- 6 horas ( Ecuador insular)

Territory: 256,370 km2

Population: 12,646,095 of habitants