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Ecuador´s demographic context

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Ecuador´s demographic context

Ecuador is a country in South America, it is located on the west by the Pacific Ocean, with Colombia in the north and Peru in the east and south. It used to be part of the Spanish Empire, because Spain was interested in finding gold in Ecuador. Before Spain, Ecuador was part of the Inca Empire. The President of Ecuador is Lenín Moreno since 2017.

Ecuador is by no means a small country and the vast majority (57%) of those living in the country live in urban areas. The remaining 43% live in rural areas and farming and ranching are big industries in Ecuador.

Ecuador´s demographic context

Ecuador´s ethnic groups

1. Mestizos are people whose parents belong to a different race
2. Amerindians they are the direct descendants of the people who lived in ecuador before the spaniards arrival and conquest
3. Criollos are the people who were born in America and descended from spaniard people or spaniard parents
4. Afro-ecuadorians are descendants of formerly enslaved Africans brought by the Spanish during their conquest of Ecuador from the Incas
5. Mulatos are the people who are born from a white skin and a black skin person
6. Zambos are the people who are born from a black people and an amerindian

Ecuador´s ethnics groups and migration

It is interesting to note that Ecuador has experienced high levels of emigration and immigration in recent years and this has further diversified the population. To start with, approximately 1,700,000 Ecuadorians live in Spain, Italy and the US, while still more have moved to Latin America, Japan and Australia. However, this has not left a major gap in the local population as thousands of people from other South American countries, such as Colombia and Venezuela, have moved to Ecuador in search of better jobs and higher wages. The country has also seen an increase of immigration from the Middle East and Asia, including China, Japan, North America and Europe.

The country of Ecuador enjoys an incredibly diverse population. By far the largest ethnic group is that of the Mestizos. These people of mixed Spanish and Amerindian descent make up approximately 65% of the population. Amerindians constitute roughly a quarter of the population while Caucasians of unmixed Spanish descent, known as criollos, make up only 7% of the population. The remaining 3% are Afro-Ecuadorian and include mulattos and zambos.

Ecuador´s generalities

When it comes to religion in Ecuador, approximately 95% of Ecuadorians are Roman Catholic, the rest are Protestant, Jewish, Eastern Orthodox or Muslim., buddist, Jehova´s witness, mormons

The official language of the country is Spanish, though Quichua and other Amerindian languages are widely spoken.

Ecuador is divided into 4 regions the coast, highlands, oriental zone and the island zone 24 provinces in total 10 provinces in highlands

• Cañar
• Azuay
• Loja

• Carchi
• Imbabura
• Pichincha
• Cotopaxi
• Tungurahua
• Bolívar
• Chimborazo.

provinces in Ecuador

• IN the coast there are seven provinces: Esmeraldas, Santo Domingo de los Sachilas, Manabí, Los Ríos, Guayas, Santa Elena y El Oro

• in the oriental zone there are six provinces Orellana, Sucumbíos, Napo, Paztaza, Morona Santiago and Zamora Chinchipe.

Provinces in Ecuador

• IN the island region there is only one province: Galapagos

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