Countries and resorts

Ecuador

Ecuador is a country in the extreme northwest of South America. It shares borders with Colombia in the north and Peru in the east and south; the western part of the country is washed by the Pacific Ocean. Approximately a quarter of the country is in the northern hemisphere, the rest in the southern hemisphere. The state of Ecuador includes 24 provinces, one of them (the Galapagos Islands) is located in the ocean at a distance of about 1000 km from the mainland. The capital of Ecuador is the city of Quito.