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Ecuador Population, Main Cities and Geography

Ecuador: population, cities Population Population According to Countryaah website, Ecuador has about 17.3 million people. Ethnic composition According to government figures: 35% mestizos, 25% Europeans, 20% Indians, 15% mulattos and 5% African. However, according to the Indian Mission Council, 43% are Indians. Religion 93% Catholics. the rest Protestant denominations and Jews. National languages Spanish is… Read More »

Ecuador Literature

Few fragments of the indigenous popular poetry in Quechua, which arose in that part of the Inca empire that today forms Ecuador, are preserved, including the song Prigione o morte di Atahualpa. During the Spanish rule, cultural activity was monopolized by the clergy. Among other things, the Jesuits introduced the teaching of literature and the… Read More »