Ecuador

Notable facts

• The Galápagos Islands, 900 km offshore, shaped Darwin’s theory of evolution and are Ecuadorian territory.
• Because the Earth bulges at the equator, the summit of Mount Chimborazo is the point on the surface farthest from the Earth’s centre.
• Ecuador was the first country to write the rights of nature into its constitution, in 2008.
• The “Panama hat” is actually woven in Ecuador, especially in Montecristi and Cuenca.

World Heritage 5 sites

• City of Quito 1978 · Cultural
• Galápagos Islands 1978 · Natural In danger
• Sangay National Park 1983 · Natural In danger

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National dish

Encebollado Albacore tuna soup with cassava and pickled red onion, eaten in the morning.

Declared the national dish by the tourism ministry in 2015.