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World Gazetteer Results for Bolívar:
NameBolívar
Geographical TypeProvincia
Population168874
CountryEcuador
Dictionary Results for Ecuador:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Ecuador
    n 1: a republic in northwestern South America; became
         independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated
         by the Andes [syn: Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador]

2. CIA World Factbook 2002
Ecuador

   Introduction Ecuador
   --------------------
                            Background: The "Republic of the Equator" was
                                        one of three countries that emerged
                                        from the collapse of Gran Colombia
                                        in 1830 (the others being Colombia
                                        and Venezuela). Between 1904 and
                                        1942, Ecuador lost territories in a
                                        series of conflicts with its
                                        neighbors. A border war with Peru
                                        that flared in 1995 was resolved in
                                        1999.
  
   Geography Ecuador
   -----------------
                              Location: Western South America, bordering the
                                        Pacific Ocean at the Equator,
                                        between Colombia and Peru
                Geographic coordinates: 2 00 S, 77 30 W
                        Map references: South America
                                  Area: total: 283,560 sq km
                                        note: includes Galapagos Islands
                                        water: 6,720 sq km
                                        land: 276,840 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Nevada
                       Land boundaries: total: 2,010 km
                                        border countries: Colombia 590 km,
                                        Peru 1,420 km
                             Coastline: 2,237 km
                       Maritime claims: continental shelf: claims
                                        continental shelf between mainland
                                        and Galapagos Islands
                                        territorial sea: 200 NM
                               Climate: tropical along coast, becoming
                                        cooler inland at higher elevations;
                                        tropical in Amazonian jungle
                                        lowlands
                               Terrain: coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean
                                        central highlands (sierra), and flat
                                        to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
                                        highest point: Chimborazo 6,267 m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, fish, timber, hydropower
                              Land use: arable land: 5.69%
                                        permanent crops: 5.15%
                                        other: 89.16% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 8,650 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: frequent earthquakes, landslides,
                                        volcanic activity; floods; periodic
                                        droughts
          Environment - current issues: deforestation; soil erosion;
                                        desertification; water pollution;
                                        pollution from oil production wastes
                                        in ecologically sensitive areas of
                                        the Galapagos Islands
            Environment - international party to: Antarctic-Environmental
                            agreements: Protocol, Antarctic Treaty,
                                        Biodiversity, Climate Change,
                                        Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
                                        Desertification, Endangered Species,
                                        Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban,
                                        Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
                                        Pollution, Tropical Timber 83,
                                        Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: none of
                                        the selected agreements
                      Geography - note: Cotopaxi in Andes is highest active
                                        volcano in world
  
   People Ecuador
   --------------
                            Population: 13,447,494 (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 35.4% (male 2,415,764;
                                        female 2,337,095)
                                        15-64 years: 60.2% (male 4,007,495;
                                        female 4,090,957)
                                        65 years and over: 4.4% (male
                                        276,482; female 319,701) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 1.96% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 25.47 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: -0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population
                                        (2002 est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 0.99 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 33.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.61 years
                                        female: 74.57 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 68.79 years
                  Total fertility rate: 3.05 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2001)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ 20,000 (2001 est.)
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: 232 (2001)
                           Nationality: noun: Ecuadorian(s)
                                        adjective: Ecuadorian
                         Ethnic groups: mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white)
                                        65%, Amerindian 25%, Spanish and
                                        others 7%, black 3%
                             Religions: Roman Catholic 95%
                             Languages: Spanish (official), Amerindian
                                        languages (especially Quechua)
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 90.1%
                                        male: 92%
                                        female: 88.2% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Ecuador
   ------------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Republic of
                                        Ecuador
                                        conventional short form: Ecuador
                                        local long form: Republica del
                                        Ecuador
                                        local short form: Ecuador
                       Government type: republic
                               Capital: Quito
              Administrative divisions: 22 provinces (provincias, singular -
                                        provincia); Azuay, Bolivar, Canar,
                                        Carchi, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El
                                        Oro, Esmeraldas, Galapagos, Guayas,
                                        Imbabura, Loja, Los Rios, Manabi,
                                        Morona-Santiago, Napo, Orellana,
                                        Pastaza, Pichincha, Sucumbios,
                                        Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe
                          Independence: 24 May 1822 (from Spain)
                      National holiday: Independence Day (independence of
                                        Quito), 10 August (1809)
                          Constitution: 10 August 1998
                          Legal system: based on civil law system; has not
                                        accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal,
                                        compulsory for literate persons ages
                                        18-65, optional for other eligible
                                        voters
                      Executive branch: chief of state: President Gustavo
                                        NOBOA Bejarano (since 22 January
                                        2000) selected president following
                                        coup that deposed President Jamil
                                        MAHUAD; Vice President Pedro PINTO
                                        Rubianes (since 28 January 2000)
                                        elected by National Congress from a
                                        slate of candidates submitted by
                                        President NOBOA; note - the
                                        president is both the chief of state
                                        and head of government
                                        elections: formerly, the president
                                        and vice president were elected on
                                        the same ticket by popular vote for
                                        four-year term (no reelection);
                                        election last held 31 May 1998;
                                        runoff election held 12 July 1998
                                        (next to be held 20 October 2002)
                                        head of government: President
                                        Gustavo NOBOA Bejarano (since 22
                                        January 2000) selected president
                                        following coup that deposed
                                        President Jamil MAHUAD; Vice
                                        President Pedro PINTO Rubianes
                                        (since 28 January 2000) elected by
                                        National Congress from a slate of
                                        candidates submitted by President
                                        NOBOA; note - the president is both
                                        the chief of state and head of
                                        government
                                        cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the
                                        president
                                        election results: results of the
                                        last election prior to the coup
                                        were: Jamil MAHUAD elected
                                        president; percent of vote - 51%
                                        note: a military-indigenous coup
                                        toppled democratically-elected
                                        President Jamil MAHAUD on 21 January
                                        2000; the military quickly handed
                                        power over to Vice President Gustavo
                                        NOBOA on 22 January 2000; National
                                        Congress then elected a new vice
                                        president from a slate of candidates
                                        submitted by NOBOA; the new
                                        administration is scheduled to
                                        complete the remainder of MAHAUD's
                                        term, due to expire in January 2003
                    Legislative branch: unicameral National Congress or
                                        Congreso Nacional (123 seats; 20
                                        members are popularly elected at-
                                        large nationally to serve four-year
                                        terms; 103 members are popularly
                                        elected by province to serve four-
                                        year terms)
                                        elections: last held 31 May 1998
                                        (next to be held 20 October 2002)
                                        election results: percent of vote by
                                        party - NA%; seats by party - DP 32,
                                        PSC 27, PRE 24, ID 18, P-NP 9, FRA
                                        5, PCE 3, MPD 2, CFP 1; note -
                                        defections by members of National
                                        Congress are commonplace, resulting
                                        in frequent changes in the numbers
                                        of seats held by the various parties
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (new
                                        justices are elected by the full
                                        Supreme Court)
         Political parties and leaders: Concentration of Popular Forces or
                                        CFP [Averroes BUCARAM]; Democratic
                                        Left or ID [Rodrigo BORJA Cevallos];
                                        Ecuadorian Conservative Party or PCE
                                        [Jacinto JIJON Y CAMANO];
                                        Independent National Movement or MIN
                                        [Eliseo AZUERO]; Pachakutik-New
                                        Country or P-NP [Miguel LLUCO];
                                        Popular Democracy or DP [Dr. Juan
                                        Manuel FUERTES]; Popular Democratic
                                        Movement or MPD [Gustavo TERAN
                                        Acosta]; Radical Alfarista Front or
                                        FRA [Fabian ALARCON, director];
                                        Roldosist Party or PRE [Abdala
                                        BUCARAM Ortiz, director]; Social
                                        Christian Party or PSC [Pascual DEL
                                        CIOPPO]
          Political pressure groups and Confederation of Indigenous
                               leaders: Nationalities of Ecuador or CONAIE
                                        [Leonidas IZA, president];
                                        Coordinator of Social Movements or
                                        CMS [F. Napoleon SANTOS]; Federation
                                        of Indigenous Evangelists of Ecuador
                                        or FEINE [Marco MURILLO, president];
                                        National Federation of Indigenous
                                        Afro-Ecuatorianos and Peasants or
                                        FENOCIN [Pedro DE LA CRUZ,
                                        president]; Popular Front or FP
                                        [Luis VILLACIS]
             International organization CAN, CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, IADB,
                         participation: IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM,
                                        IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO,
                                        IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO,
                                        ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL,
                                        OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
                                        UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO,
                                        WMO, WToO, WTrO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Ivonne
                                        A-BAKI
                                        consulate(s) general: Chicago,
                                        Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New
                                        Orleans, New York, Newark,
                                        Philadelphia, and San Francisco
                                        FAX: [1] (202) 667-3482
                                        telephone: [1] (202) 234-7200
                                        chancery: 2535 15th Street NW,
                                        Washington, DC 20009
     Diplomatic representation from the chief of mission: Ambassador
                                    US: (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Larry L.
                                        PALMER
                                        embassy: Avenida 12 de Octubre y
                                        Avenida Patria, Quito
                                        mailing address: APO AA 34039
                                        telephone: [593] (2) 256-2890
                                        FAX: [593] (2) 502-052
                                        consulate(s) general: Guayaquil
                      Flag description: three horizontal bands of yellow
                                        (top, double width), blue, and red
                                        with the coat of arms superimposed
                                        at the center of the flag; similar
                                        to the flag of Colombia which is
                                        shorter and does not bear a coat of
                                        arms
  
   Economy Ecuador
   ---------------
                    Economy - overview: Ecuador has substantial oil
                                        resources and rich agricultural
                                        areas. Because the country exports
                                        primary products such as oil,
                                        bananas, and shrimp, fluctuations in
                                        world market prices can have a
                                        substantial domestic impact. Ecuador
                                        joined the World Trade Organization
                                        in 1996, but has failed to comply
                                        with many of its accession
                                        commitments. The aftermath of El
                                        Nino and depressed oil market of
                                        1997-98 drove Ecuador's economy into
                                        a free-fall in 1999. The beginning
                                        of 1999 saw the banking sector
                                        collapse, which helped precipitate
                                        an unprecedented default on external
                                        loans later that year. Continued
                                        economic instability drove a 70%
                                        depreciation of the currency
                                        throughout 1999, which forced a
                                        desperate government to "dollarize"
                                        the currency regime in 2000. The
                                        move stabilized the currency, but
                                        did not stave off the ouster of the
                                        government. Gustavo NOBOA, who
                                        assumed the presidency in January
                                        2000, has managed to pass
                                        substantial economic reforms and
                                        mend relations with international
                                        financial institutions. Ecuador
                                        completed its first standby
                                        agreement since 1986 when the IMF
                                        Board approved a 10 December 2001
                                        disbursement of $96 million, the
                                        final installment of a $300 million
                                        standby credit agreement.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $39.6
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 4.3% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $3,000
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 11%
                                        industry: 25%
                                        services: 64% (2000 est.)
         Population below poverty line: 70% (2001 est.)
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: 2.2%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: 33.8% (1995)
   Distribution of family income - Gini 43.7 (1995)
                                 index:
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 22% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 3.7 million (urban)
           Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 30%, industry 25%,
                                        services 45% (2001 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 14%; note - widespread
                                        underemployment (2001 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $5.6 billion
                                        expenditures: planned $5.6 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2001 est.)
                            Industries: petroleum, food processing,
                                        textiles, metal work, paper
                                        products, wood products, chemicals,
                                        plastics, fishing, lumber
     Industrial production growth rate: 5.1% (2001 est.)
              Electricity - production: 10.395 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 25.01%
                                        hydro: 74.99%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 9.667 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice,
                                        potatoes, manioc (tapioca),
                                        plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep,
                                        pigs, beef, pork, dairy products;
                                        balsa wood; fish, shrimp
                               Exports: $4.8 billion (2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: petroleum, bananas, shrimp, coffee,
                                        cocoa, cut flowers, fish
                    Exports - partners: US 38%, Peru 6%, Chile 5%, Colombia
                                        5%, Italy 3% (2000)
                               Imports: $4.8 billion (2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals,
                                        raw materials, fuels; consumer goods
                    Imports - partners: US 25%, Colombia 13%, Japan 8%,
                                        Venezuela 8%, Brazil 4% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $14 billion (2001)
              Economic aid - recipient: $120 million (2001)
                              Currency: US dollar (USD)
                         Currency code: USD
                        Exchange rates: sucres per US dollar - 25,000.0
                                        (January 2002), 25,000.0 (2001),
                                        24,988.4 (2000), 11,786.8 (1999),
                                        5,446.6 (1998), 3,988.3 (1997)
                                        note: on 13 March 2000, the National
                                        Congress approved a new exchange
                                        system whereby the US dollar was
                                        adopted as the main legal tender in
                                        Ecuador for all purposes; on 20
                                        March 2000, the Central Bank of
                                        Ecuador started to exchange sucres
                                        for US dollars at a fixed rate of
                                        25,000 sucres per US dollar; since
                                        30 April 2000, all transactions are
                                        denominated in US dollars
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Ecuador
   ----------------------
         Telephones - main lines in use: 1,115,272 (1999)
           Telephones - mobile cellular: 384,000 (1999)
                       Telephone system: general assessment: generally
                                         elementary but being expanded
                                         domestic: facilities generally
                                         inadequate and unreliable
                                         international: satellite earth
                                         station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic
                                         Ocean)
               Radio broadcast stations: AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 (2001)
                                 Radios: 5 million (2001)
          Television broadcast stations: 7 (plus 14 repeaters) (2001)
                            Televisions: 2.5 million (2001)
                  Internet country code: .ec
      Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 31 (2001)
                         Internet users: 180,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Ecuador
   ----------------------
                              Railways: total: 965 km
                                        narrow gauge: 965 km 1.067-m gauge
                                        (2000 est.)
                              Highways: total: 43,197 km
                                        paved: 8,165 km
                                        unpaved: 35,032 km (2001)
                             Waterways: 1,500 km
                             Pipelines: crude oil 800 km; petroleum products
                                        1,358 km
                     Ports and harbors: Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad,
                                        Manta, Puerto Bolivar, San Lorenzo
                       Merchant marine: total: 33 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 239,876 GRT/393,680 DWT
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Chile 1, Greece 1 (2002
                                        est.)
                                        ships by type: cargo 2, chemical
                                        tanker 3, liquefied gas 1, passenger
                                        3, petroleum tanker 23, specialized
                                        tanker 1
                              Airports: 205 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 61
                                        over 3,047 m: 2
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 17
                                        under 914 m: 19 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 144
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 31
                                        under 914 m: 113 (2001)
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Ecuador
   ----------------
                      Military branches: Army, Navy (including Marines), Air
                                         Force, National Police
       Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age (2002 est.)
       Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 3,468,678 (2002
                                         est.)
    Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 2,337,944 (2002
                                service: est.)
   Military manpower - reaching military males: 132,978 (2002 est.)
                           age annually:
          Military expenditures - dollar $720 million (FY98)
                                 figure:
      Military expenditures - percent of 3.4% (FY98)
                                    GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Ecuador
   ----------------------------
              Disputes - international: none
                         Illicit drugs: significant transit country for
                                        cocaine originating in Colombia and
                                        Peru; importer of precursor
                                        chemicals used in production of
                                        illicit narcotics; important money-
                                        laundering hub; increased activity
                                        on the northern frontier by
                                        trafficking groups and Colombian
                                        insurgents
  
                                       



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