Ecuador
/ˈekwədɔː(r)/- an equatorial republic in South America, on the Pacific coast; pop. 14,573,100 (est. 2009); languages, Spanish (official), Quechua; capital, Quito.厄瓜多尔（南美洲赤道共和国, 濒临太平洋, 2009年估计人口14,573,100; 语言西班牙语［官方语］、盖丘亚语; 首都基多）。
Ranges and plateaux of the Andes separate the coastal plain from the tropical forests of the Amazon basin. Formerly part of the Inca empire, Ecuador was conquered by the Spanish in 1534 and remained part of Spain's American empire until, after the first uprising against Spanish rule in 1809, independence was gained in 1822.
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