Reaching Out!

Hello! We're a Model UN club at Meadowdale High School! We would love to hear from other countries about their lifestyles, traditions, and customs or anything else! Thanks!!!

Flag Monday: Ecuador

Yellow: The abundance and fertility of the land.
Blue: The sky and sea.
Red: The blood shed by the martyrs and soldiers who fought for independence.
The bird on the Ecuador flag's coat of arms is an Andean Condor. This native South American bird is also on the arms of Bolivia, Chile and Colombia.

The Ecuador flag was adopted on September 26, 1860, making it one of the world's oldest flags.

Capital: Quito
Population: 14,666,055
Religious: Catholic (95%)
Language: Spanish

The life expectancy is 71 years.

Ecuador has a 93% literacy rate.