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CAPITAL Quito
AREA 272,045 sq km
POPULATION 13 million
LANGUAGE Spanish
CURRENCY US Dollar
TIME mainland GMT - 5 hours, and Galápagos Islands GMT - 6 hours
TELEPHONE CODES 00 593
ELECTRICITY 110V, 60Hz
 
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Visas: Citizens of the UK, Europe and North America do not require visas if they have a passport and return ticket. Travellers from all other countries should verify with their embassies as to whether they require visas. Travel visas last up to three months.

Public Holidays: New Year's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Labour day (1 May), Independence Battle Day (24 May), Bolívar's Birthday (24 July), Independence Day (10 Aug), Columbus Day (12 Oct), All Saints' Day (1 Nov), All Souls' Day (2 Nov), Christmas Day, New Year's Eve.

Good buys: Ceramic and textiles products are good value.

Local dishes: The seafood is excellent throughout the country. Local dishes include arroz con menestra y carna asada (rice with beans and meat) and puerco (suckling pig). Specialities include caldo de patas (soup made from cattle hooves) and cuy (roasted guinea pigs).

Interesting fact: There are 31 volcanoes in Ecuador.

Good reading: Through the Gates of Splendour by Elisabeth Elliott, a touching story of martyr Tim Elliott who went to Ecuador to preach Christianity; History of the Incas by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa; Galápagos: A Natural History Guide by Michael H. Jackson.
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