El Angel Ecological Reserve | Ecuador
El Angel Ecological Reserve | Ecuador
El Angel Ecological Reserve is located in the canton Espejo, in Carchi province, north of the mountains of Ecuador. It houses a huge biological and ecological diversity, represented by species of plants and animals. El Angel Ecological Reserve has an area of 15 715 hectares, 585m and 4692m over sea level. It is the birthplace of many rivers that eventually deposit their water in major river basins Watch and The Angel, not in vain are considered the wet moors of Ecuador. The paramo of El Angel is covered by frailejones (Espeletia pychnophyla) giant, is a species endemic to the area, which covers 85% of the area. These plants grow on the trunks of up to 6m in height and form a forest. Their flowers are similar to the sunflowers and their leaves are hairy to protect the plant from cold weather and hard.
The reserve is home to numerous animals including highlights, rainbow trout, the frog marsupial, the jambato, duck dotted, the condor, gli-gli coot, moor Partridge, the curiquingues, the Andean gull, the giant heath, the Quilico, deer, dirty, wild rabbits, the Chucuri, the brocket, the fox, the buzzer and the turtle and other species.
Its temperature ranges between 6 and 12 degrees Celsius. Between June and October Ecological Reserve El Angel is experiencing a period of summer, with the presence of strong winds, intense sun during the day and freezing at night and showers accompanied by high cloud. In the months from November to May is the period of winter rains, cloudy and snowy days with minimum temperatures to 0 degrees Celsius.
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Ecuador with kids: Exploring El Angel Ecological Reserve
The forest and frailejones of Polylepis, in northern Ecuador. El Angel Ecological Reserve is a protected parkland situated in Carchi, Ecuador’s northern province that borders with Colombia. Set high in the Andes this remote reserve is known for its curious-looking frailejones and fairytale forests of polylepis trees. | Family Travel | Ecuador with kids.
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Bilsa Reserve
BILSA RESERVE
Established in:
1994
Located at:
Approximately 30 km far from Quinindé, Esmeraldas province, and 30 km far from the coast. Bilsa is situated next to a larger conservation area, the Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve, which has an extension of 120,000 has.
Extension:
3300 has, 80% being primary forest and 20% secondary forest
Forest type:
Tropical Humid Forest and Pre-montane Humid Forest, with an annual precipitation of 1500-2000mm. And with an altitude ranging from 300 m to 750 m the highest parts.
San Rafael Waterfall, Ecuador
Short video from the overlook of the San Rafael waterfall - Ecuador's tallest waterfall. For a full description of the hike, click here.
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00:01:54 1 History
00:02:03 1.1 Pre-Inca era
00:04:13 1.2 Inca era
00:07:34 1.3 Spanish rule
00:08:54 1.4 Independence
00:10:33 1.5 Liberal Revolution
00:11:06 1.6 Loss of claimed territories since 1830
00:11:17 1.6.1 President Juan José Flores de jure territorial claims
00:13:14 1.6.2 Struggle for independence
00:15:02 1.6.3 Peruvian occupation of Jaén, Tumbes, and Guayaquil
00:18:45 1.6.4 The dissolution of Gran Colombia
00:21:11 1.6.5 Struggle for possession of the Amazon Basin
00:30:26 1.7 Military governments (1972–79)
00:31:36 1.8 Return to democracy
00:35:06 2 Government and politics
00:36:21 2.1 Executive branch
00:37:13 2.2 Legislative branch
00:37:56 2.3 Judicial branch
00:38:50 2.4 Electoral branch
00:39:32 2.5 Transparency and social control branch
00:40:10 2.6 Human rights
00:42:08 2.7 Foreign affairs
00:44:16 3 Administrative divisions
00:44:39 3.1 Regions and planning areas
00:46:52 4 Military
00:49:03 5 Geography
00:52:54 5.1 Climate
00:53:41 5.2 Hydrology
00:56:02 5.3 Biodiversity
00:58:38 6 Economy
01:04:16 6.1 Tourism
01:07:03 7 Transport
01:09:07 8 Demographics
01:11:09 8.1 Religion
01:13:26 8.2 Nations
01:13:57 8.3 Population genetics
01:14:23 8.4 Population density
01:15:08 8.5 Immigration and emigration
01:16:34 9 Culture
01:19:13 9.1 Language
01:20:07 9.2 Music
01:21:21 9.3 Cuisine
01:22:57 9.4 Literature
01:26:19 9.5 Art
01:27:12 9.6 Sports
01:28:57 10 Health
01:32:36 11 Education
01:37:17 12 Sciences and research
01:40:36 13 See also
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Ecuador ( (listen) EK-wə-dor, Spanish: [ekwaˈðoɾ]) (Quechua: Ikwayur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, which literally translates as Republic of the Equator; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a country in northwestern 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 Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, while the largest city is Guayaquil.
What is now Ecuador was home to a variety of Amerindian groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its 16.4 million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of European, Amerindian, and African descendants. Spanish is the official language and is spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 Amerindian languages are also recognized, including Quichua and Shuar.
The sovereign state of Ecuador is a middle-income representative democratic republic with a developing economy that is highly dependent on commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. It is governed as a democratic presidential republic. One of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, Ecuador hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
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Ecuador ( (listen) EK-wə-dor, Spanish: [ekwaˈðoɾ]) (Quechua: Ikwayur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, which literally translates as Republic of the Equator; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a country in northwestern 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 Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, while the largest city is Guayaquil.
What is now Ecuador was home to a variety of Amerindian groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its 16.4 million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of European, Amerindian, and African descendants. Spanish is the official language and is spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 Amerindian languages are also recognized, including Quichua and Shuar.
The sovereign state of Ecuador is a middle-income representative democratic republic with a developing economy that is highly dependent on commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. It is governed as a democratic presidential republic. One of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, Ecuador hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
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Ecuador
00:01:54 1 History
00:02:03 1.1 Pre-Inca era
00:04:13 1.2 Inca era
00:07:34 1.3 Spanish rule
00:08:54 1.4 Independence
00:10:33 1.5 Liberal Revolution
00:11:06 1.6 Loss of claimed territories since 1830
00:11:17 1.6.1 President Juan José Flores de jure territorial claims
00:13:14 1.6.2 Struggle for independence
00:15:02 1.6.3 Peruvian occupation of Jaén, Tumbes, and Guayaquil
00:18:45 1.6.4 The dissolution of Gran Colombia
00:21:11 1.6.5 Struggle for possession of the Amazon Basin
00:30:26 1.7 Military governments (1972–79)
00:31:36 1.8 Return to democracy
00:35:06 2 Government and politics
00:36:21 2.1 Executive branch
00:37:13 2.2 Legislative branch
00:37:56 2.3 Judicial branch
00:38:50 2.4 Electoral branch
00:39:32 2.5 Transparency and social control branch
00:40:10 2.6 Human rights
00:42:08 2.7 Foreign affairs
00:44:16 3 Administrative divisions
00:44:39 3.1 Regions and planning areas
00:46:52 4 Military
00:49:03 5 Geography
00:52:54 5.1 Climate
00:53:41 5.2 Hydrology
00:56:02 5.3 Biodiversity
00:58:38 6 Economy
01:04:16 6.1 Tourism
01:07:03 7 Transport
01:09:07 8 Demographics
01:11:09 8.1 Religion
01:13:26 8.2 Nations
01:13:57 8.3 Population genetics
01:14:23 8.4 Population density
01:15:08 8.5 Immigration and emigration
01:16:34 9 Culture
01:19:13 9.1 Language
01:20:07 9.2 Music
01:21:21 9.3 Cuisine
01:22:57 9.4 Literature
01:26:19 9.5 Art
01:27:12 9.6 Sports
01:28:57 10 Health
01:32:36 11 Education
01:37:17 12 Sciences and research
01:40:36 13 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Ecuador ( (listen) EK-wə-dor, Spanish: [ekwaˈðoɾ]) (Quechua: Ikwayur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, which literally translates as Republic of the Equator; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a country in northwestern 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 Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, while the largest city is Guayaquil.
What is now Ecuador was home to a variety of Amerindian groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its 16.4 million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of European, Amerindian, and African descendants. Spanish is the official language and is spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 Amerindian languages are also recognized, including Quichua and Shuar.
The sovereign state of Ecuador is a middle-income representative democratic republic with a developing economy that is highly dependent on commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. It is governed as a democratic presidential republic. One of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, Ecuador hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Ecuador ( (listen) EK-wə-dor, Spanish: [ekwaˈðoɾ]) (Quechua: Ikwayur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, which literally translates as Republic of the Equator; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a country in northwestern 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 Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, while the largest city is Guayaquil.
What is now Ecuador was home to a variety of Amerindian groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its 16.4 million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of European, Amerindian, and African descendants. Spanish is the official language and is spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 Amerindian languages are also recognized, including Quichua and Shuar.
The sovereign state of Ecuador is a middle-income representative democratic republic with a developing economy that is highly dependent on commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. It is governed as a democratic presidential republic. One of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, Ecuador hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Ecuadorians are people identified with Ecuador, a country in South America, its citizens or their descendants abroad who identify with the Ecuadorian culture and descent. Ecuador is a multiethnic society, a home to people of various ethnic origins; as a result, Ecuadorians do not equate their nationality with their ethnicity, but rather their allegiance or affinity for Ecuador. Majority of Ecuadorians trace their origins to one or more of three geographical sources of human migrations to the territory of modern Ecuador: the pre-Hispanic indigenous populations who settled the region over 15,000 years ago, the Europeans (principally Spaniards which are also the source of the Spanish language) who arrived over five centuries ago, and ultimately the sub-Saharan Africans who were imported to New Spain as slaves during the same period. The mixing of two or more of these three groups established other mixed ethnic groups.
Mestizos, the multiracial group of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry, are by far the largest of all the ethnic groups and comprise around 71.9% of the current population. Whites are estimated at 6.1% and consist largely of those of unmixed or predominant European descent. Most white Ecuadorians are of colonial-era Spanish origin, also known as criollos (literally meaning local-born Spaniards, as opposed to Peninsulares, which were Spaniards born in the Iberian Peninsula in Spain. They also include descendants of immigrants from Italy, Germany, and France, as well as other countries. The third most numerous group are the indigenous Amerindians, who account for approximately 7% of the population. Afro-Ecuadorians make up most of the balance of the percentage and include mulattos (mixed European and sub-Saharan African) and zambos (mixed indigenous and sub-Saharan African).
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00:02:26 1 History
00:02:35 1.1 Pre-Inca era
00:05:20 1.2 Inca era
00:09:38 1.3 Spanish rule
00:11:20 1.4 Independence
00:13:26 1.5 Liberal Revolution
00:14:07 1.6 Loss of claimed territories since 1830
00:14:19 1.6.1 President Juan José Flores de jure territorial claims
00:16:45 1.6.2 Struggle for independence
00:19:01 1.6.3 Peruvian occupation of Jaén, Tumbes, and Guayaquil
00:23:40 1.6.4 The dissolution of Gran Colombia
00:26:45 1.6.5 Struggle for possession of the Amazon Basin
00:38:29 1.7 Military governments (1972–79)
00:39:58 1.8 Return to democracy
00:44:26 2 Government and politics
00:46:01 2.1 Executive branch
00:47:07 2.2 Legislative branch
00:48:00 2.3 Judicial branch
00:49:09 2.4 Electoral branch
00:50:01 2.5 Transparency and social control branch
00:50:49 2.6 Human rights
00:53:20 2.7 Foreign affairs
00:56:02 3 Administrative divisions
00:56:31 3.1 Regions and planning areas
00:59:17 4 Military
01:02:01 5 Geography
01:06:56 5.1 Climate
01:07:56 5.2 Hydrology
01:10:59 5.3 Biodiversity
01:14:17 6 Economy
01:21:29 6.1 Tourism
01:25:04 7 Transport
01:27:42 8 Demographics
01:30:16 8.1 Religion
01:33:10 8.2 Nations
01:33:48 8.3 Population genetics
01:34:18 8.4 Population density
01:35:15 8.5 Immigration and emigration
01:37:06 9 Culture
01:40:29 9.1 Language
01:41:36 9.2 Music
01:43:11 9.3 Cuisine
01:45:10 9.4 Literature
01:49:26 9.5 Art
01:50:32 9.6 Sports
01:52:47 10 Health
01:57:30 11 Education
02:03:28 12 Sciences and research
02:07:39 13 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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- increases imagination and understanding
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Ecuador ( (listen) EK-wə-dor, Spanish: [ekwaˈðoɾ]) (Quechua: Ikwayur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, which literally translates as Republic of the Equator; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a country in northwestern 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 Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, while the largest city is Guayaquil.
What is now Ecuador was home to a variety of Amerindian groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its 16.4 million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of European, Amerindian, and African descendants. Spanish is the official language and is spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 Amerindian languages are also recognized, including Quichua and Shuar.
The sovereign state of Ecuador is a middle-income representative democratic republic with a developing economy that is highly dependent on commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. It is governed as a democratic presidential republic. One of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, Ecuador hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.
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Ecuador ( ( listen) EK-wə-dor, Spanish: [ekwaˈðoɾ]) (Quechua: Ikwayur), officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, which literally translates as Republic of the Equator; Quechua: Ikwadur Ripuwlika), is a country in northwestern 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 Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, while the largest city is Guayaquil.
What is now Ecuador was home to a variety of Amerindian groups that were gradually incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th century. The territory was colonized by Spain during the 16th century, achieving independence in 1820 as part of Gran Colombia, from which it emerged as its own sovereign state in 1830. The legacy of both empires is reflected in Ecuador's ethnically diverse population, with most of its 16.4 million people being mestizos, followed by large minorities of European, Amerindian, and African descendants. Spanish is the official language and is spoken by a majority of the population, though 13 Amerindian languages are also recognized, including Quichua and Shuar.
The sovereign state of Ecuador is a middle-income representative democratic republic with a developing economy that is highly dependent on commodities, namely petroleum and agricultural products. It is governed as a democratic presidential republic. One of 17 megadiverse countries in the world, Ecuador hosts many endemic plants and animals, such as those of the Galápagos Islands. In recognition of its unique ecological heritage, the new constitution of 2008 is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights.