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Ecuador
Title: Ecuador
Category: History
Details: Words: 768 | Pages: 3.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ecuador
The first Spaniards landed in northern Ecuador in 1526.
Pizarro reached the country in 1532, and spread terror
among the Indians thanks to his conquistadors' horses,
armor and weapons. The Inca leader, Atahualpa, was
ambushed, held for ransom, 'tried' and executed, and the
Inca Empire was effectively demolished. Quito held out
for two years but was eventually destroyed by
Atahualpa's general: Ruminahui, rather than be lost
intact to the invading Spaniards. Quito was refounded in
December 1534. Today …showed first 75 words of 768 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 768 total…range of climates because of the
varying elevations. Ecuador is tropical along the coast
but gets cooler as you go inland and the elevation
increases. It is also very tropical in the Amazonian
lowlands. Ecuador also includes the Galapagos Islands
which lie about 600 miles west of the mainland.
There is a population of 14 million with about 1.5
million residing in the Quito, the capitol of Ecuador.
The population is composed of 45% Mestizo, 35%
Indegenous, 10% Spanish and 10% black.
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