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Unique Ecuador Facts:

1. The national tree of Ecuador is the cinchona tree which produces Quinine, the first drug used to prevent and treat malaria.

2. Ecuador is one of only two countries in South America that does not share a border with Brazil.

3. Ecuador is one of 17 mega diverse countries in the world and has the most biodiversity per square kilometer of any nation.

4. It is well known that Ecuador is named after the equator which runs through the country. It is in fact the only country in the world officially named after a geographical feature.

5. Charles Darwin visited Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands in 1835 and largely based his theory of evolution on the discoveries he made there.

6. The Panama hat is actually from Ecuador.

7. Ecuador is the world’s largest exporter of bananas, accounting for up to 29% of all bananas exported in 2011.

8. Ecuador has the world’s first and second UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

9. The summit of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador’s highest mountain, is the point on Earth closest to the sun.

10. In 2008, Ecuador was the first country to officially recognize the rights of nature.