Ecuador
| Region: | South America |
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Ecuador, officially the republic of Ecuador, is a country in South America, located directly on the equator, by which it gets its name. Its capital was declared a National Heritage Site by UNESCO in the 1970s for having the best preserved and least altered historic center in Latin America. Over 2,800 American students studied abroad there during the ’08-’09 school year making it the 17th most popular destination.