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Intro
Ecuador is a stunning country and so is the place in it. Ecuador has Buisness, features, religion, and diversity.
buisness
he economy is mostly mining, fishing and agriculture. Exporting oil used to be a big thing but they now depend more on the export of cocoa and bananas. The United States is the majority of Ecador's imports and exports. Some of exports are bananas,shrimp,flowers and oil . Some of the major imports inculdes vehicles,medicine,electricity,technology.
Features
The country is prone to hazards like floods,earthquakes,volcanic eruption and landslides. Ecuador has 5 natural zones with a distinctive cimates,vegetion,different animals. The top natural resources in Ecuador are oil, fish, lumber, and hydropower. There are a lot of Jungles. One of them is the Amazon Jungle. It is filled with Ocelots, Sloths, Anteaters, Monkey's, Jaguars and many other animals. The biggest and most unusal mammel in Ecudor is the Tapir.
religion
There are many different religions in Ecuador because they have religious freedom. That means they are free to worship which ever religion they choose. Most of Ecuador are Roman Catholic's. Many don't practice Catholic religion but choose to combine the rites with their own traditions and beliefs. This created a new religion called Folk Catholic.
Diverciuty
There are approximately 5 different categories of cultural diversity. Mestizo are descendes from unions between Europeans and the indigenous people living there. Indigenouos people are the people who are native to Ecuador. Causcsian's who are more of a Spanish decent. African descent from Africa and a few who do not fall into any of these catergories.
Sorces
Ecuador.com TCI chapter 12
By: hannah
myMagazine/January, 2013