Basic Facts of Ecuador Ecuador covers 293,560 square kilometers of South America and has 24 provinces. The capital city is Quito. The currency in Ecuador is actually the U.S. dollar. The national bird of Ecuador is the Andean Condor. The national flower is the rose. One of the national animals is the Galapagos Tortoise. Before 1830, Ecuador was known as Vice Royalty of Granada. |
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