04 PASAJEROS ALEMANES AFICIONADOS A LA ORNITOLOGÍA ESMERALDAS
My topic was made whit all my good feelings in here I I put the 
experiences, anecdotes that I've gathered from people and the investigation that I do 
about my county Ecuador, for example officially the Republic of Ecuador, 
which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator") is a representative 
democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, 
Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Ecuador also 
includes the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) 
west of the mainland. The main spoken language in Ecuador is Spanish (94% of the 
population). Languages of official use in native communities include Quichua, 
Shuar, and eleven other languages. Ecuador has a land area of 283,520 km 
capital city is Quito, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 
the 1970s for having the best preserved and least altered historic center in Latin 
America. The country's largest city is Guayaquil. The historic center of Cuenca, 
the third-largest city in the country in size and economically, 
 
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was also declared 
a World Heritage Site in 1999 as an outstanding example of a planned, inland 
Spanish-style colonial city in the Americas. Ecuador currently ranks 71st for 
Global Competitiveness.