Ecuador
255,658 km² · 76th largest of 193
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Facts that mention Ecuador
Which is the highest capital city in the world?
La Paz, Bolivia
La Paz sits at roughly 3,640 m, and its administrative districts climb past 4,000 m. Quito is about 2,850 m and Bogotá about 2,640 m.
Ecuador is named after what?
The equator
Spanish for equator. The line passes just north of Quito, where a monument marks it, though the actual line sits a couple of hundred metres from the original monument.
Which country abandoned its own currency for the US dollar in 2000?
Ecuador
After hyperinflation and a banking collapse, Ecuador adopted the dollar outright. El Salvador and Panama also use it, and several other economies are partially dollarised.
Roughly what share of the Amazon rainforest is in Brazil?
About 60 percent
Brazil holds around 60 percent, with the rest across Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
Roughly how many countries does the equator pass through?
About 13
Around 13 countries, depending on whether maritime territory counts: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia and Kiribati.