ECUADOR ECUADOR REGION SOUTH AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE MAY 24 1822 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION AUGUST 10 1998 POPULATION 12562496 1999 EST AREA 105037 SQ MI CAPITAL QUITO FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES OIL FOOD PROCESSING TEXTILES CHEMICALS AGRICULTURE BANANAS SUGAR RICE COFFEE BALSAWOOD NATURAL RESOURCES PETROLEUM FORESTS COPPER ZINC SILVER GOLD CURRENCY SUCRE GDP 58.7 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 4800 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES RELIGIONS CHRISTIAN ROMAN CATHOLIC LITERACY RATE 90 LIFE EXPECTANCY 70 YEARS MALE 75 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 22 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 PER 1000 POPULATION
