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	Ecuador Cantons
		In Cotopaxi province, Sigchos canton was split from Latacunga.
		In Esmeraldas province, Atacames canton was split from Esmeraldas.
		In Morona-Santiago province, Huamboya canton was split from Palora; San Juan Bosco canton was split from Limón Indanza.
	www.statoids.com /yec.html (372 words)

	Ecuador - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Ecuador is bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west.
		Ecuador later repudiated the arbitration award, and the border between the two countries remained a point of contention until the end of the 20th century.
		Ecuador's excessive burden of foreign debt, falling demand for petroleum, and the broader effects of international recession forced Hurtado to abandon the reformist and expansionary policies of his predecessors and accept austerity measures and retrenchment.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761565312__1/Ecuador.html (7644 words)

	Tourism in Ecuador General Information of Ecuador CODESO
		22 cantons, 1.267.844 inhabitants, 654.463 urban and 613.381 rural.
		5 cantons, 89.121 inhabitants, 32.363 urban and 56.758 rural.
		9 cantons, 447.01 7 inhabitants, 211.629 urban and 235.388 rural.
	www.codeso.com /TurismoInfo01E.html (2050 words)

	Ecuador LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Each province is divided into cantons, which in urban areas are administratively subordinate to the municipality with which they coincide.
		The rural canton, of little importance in the sparsely populated Oriente and northern coast, is significant in the more developed regions of the highlands and the coastal provinces of Guayas and Manabí.
		The highest official of the canton, the political chief, is appointed by the president on the recommendation of the provincial governor.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Americas/Ecuador-LOCAL-GOVERNMENT.html (190 words)

	Canton (country subdivision) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A canton is a territorial subdivision of a country, e.g., region or state.
		Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina: a subdivision of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
		Cantons of Luxembourg: a subdivision of the districts of Luxembourg
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canton_(subnational_entity) (218 words)

	Tourism in Ecuador General Information of Ecuador CODESO
		The Political Constitution of the Republic of the Ecuador, approved June of 1998, 5 in the city of Riobamba, headquarters of the foundation of the Ecuadorian State in 1830, entered in validity at the 10 th August 1998 with the possession of the Constitutional President of the Republic.
		The Provincial Council represents to the county, the Municipality the canton and the Parish meeting to the rural parish.
		9 cantons, 447.01 7 inhabitants, 211.629 urban and 235.388 rural.
	www.galapagos-islas.com /TurismoInfo01E.html (2050 words)

	Ecuador Galapagos Birdwatching Tours Ecuador Travel Galapagos Tours Bird Guides
		Ecuador, 256,370 square kilometers in size, is geographically divided into four regions (the Amazon, the Highlands, the Coast, and the Galapagos Islands) and is politically split into 22 provinces, which, in turn, are split into 205 cantons.
		Ecuador boasts approximately 1,640 species of birds, 500 of which are found in the Mindo-Nambillo Protected Forest to the northwest of Quito.
		In addition, Ecuador is home to 4,500 species of butterflies, 345 species of reptiles, 358 species of amphibians, and 258 species of mammals, among others With so much wildlife in such a small space, it's no surprise that Ecuador is one of the planet's top 17 nations with respect to biodiversity.
	www.ecuadorbirding.com /html/ecuador.htm (458 words)

	Ecuador provinces, Azuay, Bolivar, Cañar, Carchi and Cotopaxi
		Ecuador provinces, Azuay, Bolivar, Cañar, Carchi and Cotopaxi
		Ecuador is divided into 22 provinces: 10 located in the Inter-Andean Region (Sierra), 5 in the Coastal Region (Costa), 6 in the Amazon Region (Region Amazonica) and 1 on the Galapagos Islands (Archipielago de Colón).
		Cotopaxi is a province in central Ecuador in Sierra region.
	www.ecuadors.org /provinces.htm (347 words)

	Ecuador - GOVERNMENT
		Although Ecuador's political parties and its free and partisan press participated in a lively and contentious democratic political process, parties suffered from factionalism, weak organization, lack of mass participation, and blurred ideologies, as well as from the competing influences of populism and militarism.
		In a measure unprecedented in Ecuador's constitutional history, the junta held a popular referendum on January 15, 1978, to decide between a reformed version of the 1945 document and a new charter; 44 percent of the voters cast their ballots for the latter, and 31 percent for the former.
		Ecuador was almost alone in its enthusiastic reception of the 1986 Baker Plan (named after then United States secretary of the treasury James A. Baker III) for alleviating Third World debt, which called for fresh infusions of capital into the debt-ridden countries, contingent on structural reforms.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/ecuador/GOVERNMENT.html (15780 words)

	ECUADOR, Landmine Monitor Report 2005
		Ecuador is a State Party to Amended Protocol II of the Convention on Conventional Weapons, but it was absent from the Protocol’s Sixth Annual Conference of States Parties in November 2004 and did not submit its Amended Protocol II Article 13 Report for 2004.
		Ecuador has acknowledged using antipersonnel mines during the Cenepa border war with Perú in 1995, and has stated that all the mines were laid prior to the signing of the Peace Accord with Perú on 26 October 1998.
		Ecuador’s head of delegation at the Review Conference, Ambassador Diego Stacey, made an intervention emphasizing the link between mine clearance and development, and noting the role of the treaty in “promoting peace and in fostering confidence-building measures;” he cited the example of joint demining activities by Ecuador and Perú.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2005/ecuador.html (3088 words)

	CHEAP HOSTELS IN ECUADOR, CHEAP ECUADOR YOUTH & STUDENT HOSTELS
		Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in the 16th century on the ruins of an Inca city and stands at an altitude of 2,850 m.
		Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca is set in a valley surrounded by the Andean mountains in the south of Ecuador.
		Cuenca's architecture, much of which dates from the 18th century, was 'modernized' in the economic prosperity of the 19th century as the city became a major exporter of quinine, straw hats and other products.
	www.cheap-hostels.org /cheap_hostels/hostels_ecuador.htm (443 words)

	Travel Tips - Travel Informations about Ecuador
		GEOGRAPHY: Ecuador is bordered to the north by Colombia, to the east and south by Peru, and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.
		Ecuador as with all countries, needs valid passports from all people entering the country and proof of return tickets to the traveler's home country or another country after Ecuador, you may get away with a single ticket, the risk is yours.
		Ecuador pursued an isolationist foreign and trade policy for many years until a programme of economic reform was begun during the 1990s.
	www.southtravels.com /america/ecuador/traveltips.html (3550 words)

	Ecuador provinces, Morona Santiago, Napo, Orellana, Pastaza, Zamora Chinchipe and Galapagos Islands
		The name of the province derives from the explorer Francisco de Orellana who it is told sailed from somewhere near the town to the Atlantic Ocean.
		Morona Santiago is a province in southeastern Ecuador on border with Peru, in Amazonica region, the capital is Macas.
		Napo is a province in northeastern area of Ecuador in Amazonica region.
	www.ecuadors.org /provinces-4.htm (346 words)

	Ecuador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The flags of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela are almost identical because at independence in 1822 they formed a confederation (Gran Colombia).
		I´m from Ecuador, and it seems that you got there two versions of the ecuadorian flag, one as the "civilian flag", the other as the "state flag".
		In Ecuador the civil flag and civil ensign is without arms, possibly no one cares about private use of flag with CoA.
	www.netlinkit.dk /fotw/flags/ec.html (1460 words)

	Ecuador Ministry of Tourism
		The Ministry’s mission is to be the recognized leader in sustainable tourist development in South America and consolidating the achievements of the tourist activity in Ecuador by means of an effective, efficient, decentralized model of public administration.
		Many issues were transferred to each canton: local promotion, care of the cultural and tourist patrimony, control of tourist establishments, maintenance and updating of inventories and directories and the ability to create laws to reinforce the quality of tourism in each region, among others.
		Each canton must create a Tourist Management Unity which will be in charge to coordinate the process with the communities and the private sector.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/what_we_do.htm (1427 words)

	Ecuador, Landmine Monitor Report 2006
		Ecuador has not adopted legal measures to implement the treaty nationally, including penal sanctions, as required by Article 9, but the government reports that a new National Commission for International Humanitarian Law will be in charge of incorporating international legal agreements signed by Ecuador domestically.
		Ecuador is a State Party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons and its Amended Protocol II on landmines.
		Ecuador reported in May 2004 that nine antipersonnel mines in an area of 9,000 square meters were lost on either side of the river (in Loja province in Ecuador, and in Sullana province in Peru).
	www.icbl.org /lm/country/ecuador (5904 words)

	USAID: Ecuador
		This environment, however, is seriously threatened, since Ecuador has the highest population density, the third highest population growth, and one of the lowest per capita GNP incomes in South America.
		Ecuador suffers the highest rate of deforestation among the Amazonian countries (1.2% or over 200,000 hectares per year) as a result of agricultural expansion by landless poor, timber extraction, and petroleum production.
		With Ecuador's average per capita income for 1999 already projected to drop 32% to $1,101 as a result of the deepening economic crisis, the extreme vulnerability of the entire northern border to illegitimate economic activity cannot be overstated.
	www.usaid.gov /pubs/bj2001/lac/ec/ecuador_ads.html (7263 words)

	A brief view of gymnastics in Ecuador
		Ecuador is a democratic country that has been facing serious political instability in recent years.
		Ecuador has a mixed population and its people are proudly descendants of the Incas.
		The Comité Olímpico Ecuatoriano (COE) - Ecuador Olympic Committee was founded in 1925 and was recognized by the IOC in 1959 (Ecuador and Olympism, 1982; I. Flor, personal communication, March 1, 1999).
	www.efdeportes.com /efd48/ecuador.htm (2458 words)

	Cantons - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cantons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is also a trade centre for the surrounding dairy and poultry farming region.
		Canton was laid out in 1805 and incorporated as a city in 1854.
		It is the site of Malone College (1892) and Walsh College (1958), and was the home of President William McKinley, who is buried here.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Cantons (178 words)

	Chapter IV - Ecuador
		The serious economic crisis being experienced in Ecuador is reflected in the following indicators: inflation rose to 60.7% in 1999, the highest in the Hemisphere, and in January 2000, it climbed to 78.1%, the highest monthly inflation rate in 32 years.
		The Commission is aware of the difficult economic situation facing Ecuador, the social unrest this has created, and the seriousness of the crime rates in certain areas of the country, including the province of Guayas.
		This refers specifically to the declaration by the Government of Ecuador of a state of emergency throughout the country on January 5, 2000, as a means of curbing a series of popular protests and permitting government forces to preserve law and order.
	www.cidh.org /annualrep/99eng/Chapter4a.htm (7751 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ecuador is composed of 22 provinces and the most populated were Guayas (27.2% of the total population), Pichincha (19.7%) and Manabi (9.8%).
		A national study, led by the Food and Nutrition School of the Central University of Ecuador, showed that among urban school-age children (under 8 years of age) overweight and obesity prevalence was 14% (5% for obesity and 9% for overweight).
		The study also detected that school children watched television an average of 24 hours/week; this is contributing as a strong risk factor along with the consumption of unhealthy diets and junk food to the early presence of overweight and obesity.
	www.paho.org /english/DD/AIS/cp_218.htm (3919 words)

	countries/ecuador
		Ecuador is a small country in western South America that straddles the latitudinal line dividing the world in two.
		Situated 10 miles northwest of Riobamba, it is the highest mountain in Ecuador.
		Because of its proximity to the equator, Chimborazo's 20,500-foot summit is considered to be the point on the earth closest to the sun.
	www.biblicalministries.org /countries/ecuador.htm (1233 words)

	Ecuador - Local Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The republic is divided administratively into provinces, cantons (municipalities), and parishes.
		Provinces are governed by a governor, cantons by a political chief (jefe político), and parishes by a political lieutenant.
		A municipal council, presided over by a mayor empowered to cast a deciding vote in case of ties, is responsible for the government of each canton, of which there were 103 in the late 1980s.
	countrystudies.us /ecuador/62.htm (301 words)

	A2Z Languages: History and Government of Switzerland
		During the next century, very little progress was made towards a formal union of the cantons, allowing religious controversy to disrupt their progress.
		The erosion of cantonal power – a central feature of the Swiss political system – immigration levels and, most of all, the loss of the country’s cherished neutrality were the most voiced concerns.
		The division was also apparent from the result of the referendum on Swiss membership of the European Economic Area, a free-trade agreement between the EU and EFTA (of which Switzerland is a member), held in December 1992.
	www.a2zlanguages.com /switzerland/countryguide/history.htm (950 words)

	Ecuador - Regions and Provinces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Since Ecuador has a quite unstable history, this is certanly due to it.
		The provincial flag history of Ecuador is very complicated because there exists in each province dozens of district flags (many of them similar to the provincial one) and many times the sources (generally not expert vexillolists) are wrong.
		Only when the colombian vexilloligist Restrepo Uribe went to Ecuador (where he currently lives) is became possible to know the exact design of the provincial flags and shields.
	flagspot.net /flags/ec-.html (586 words)

	Cuban Literacy Program Makes Headway in Ecuador (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Perez said that before the year is out 24 more cantons will have begun using the literacy program and 45,000 Ecuadorians will have learned to read and write.
		Since the beginning of the program in Ecuador two years ago, six municipalities have been declared free of illiteracy.
		Ecuador has a population of 13 million people, 9 percent of which are illiterate and 21 percent who are considered “functional illiterates.”
	www.periodico26.cu /english/education/ecuador111706.htm (325 words)

	UNFPA in Ecuador - Personalizing Population
		As part of the three country adolescent health programme funded by the UN Foundation (which includes Ecuador, Nicaragua and Haiti), a six-month preparatory project on adolescent reproductive health care was completed in 1999.
		During this initial phase, a study of adolescent sexual and reproductive health needs was conducted among adolescents, their parents, teachers, church leaders, mayors and health care workers in three southern provinces of the country.
		In support of the Government’s decentralization efforts, UNFPA is assisting 10 cantons in the use of gender-disaggregated population data in order to better plan for current and future reproductive health and family planning needs.
	www.unfpa.org /focus/ecuador/unfpain.htm (562 words)

	1_1_Gibson
		On 26 October 1998, a treaty of peace was signed between the Presidents of Peru and Ecuador, ending one of the longest and most volatile boundary disputes in the history of Latin America.
		Considering that the lights of Ecuador are visible across the valleys at night from Ayabaca, it is remarkable that the percentage of heads of household in Ayabaca who have visited Ecuador is about the same as for those in Piura or Sullana, many miles away.
		The province or ; canton of birth of most heads of household in each city is most commonly the one in which they presently live.
	www.geotropico.org /1_2_Minkel_et_al.html (2517 words)

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