Ecuador Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Etymology== The country's name means "[[Equator]]" in Spanish, truncated from the Spanish official name, ''República del Ecuador'' ({{abbr|lit.|literally}} "Republic of the Equator"), derived from the former [[Ecuador Department]] of [[Gran Colombia]] established in 1824 as a division of the former territory of the [[Royal Audience of Quito]]. Quito, which remained the capital of the department and republic, is located only about {{convert|25|mi|km|order=flip|sp=us}}, {{frac|1|4}} of a [[Latitude#Subdivisions|degree]], south of the equator. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page