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Ecuador Country Information
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Population 15.9 million. Physically the size of Arizona or Colorado
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Ecuador became part of the Inca Empire in the mid late 1400s
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Conquered by Spanish under Pizarro in 1535
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Independence from Spain:1822
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History: Heavily indigenous origin population. Haciendas and subsistance agriculture.
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Economics: Oil, roses, cacao, shrimp, tourism
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Politics: Revolución Ciudadana. Socialist government with high dependence on state planning. Plan to use oil revenues to build infrastructure that will ween the country away from oil.
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Language: Spanish and Kichwa with several smaller indigenous languages.
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