Flag: Ecuador 🇪🇨
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The flag of Ecuador — the equatorial South American country that owns the Galápagos Islands, the living laboratory that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection. Ecuador's name means 'equator' in Spanish. The country contains Amazonian rainforest, high Andean peaks (including Chimborazo, the point furthest from Earth's center despite not being the highest peak), and the Galápagos's unique endemic species.

Quito was the first city declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Used for Galápagos conservation, Darwin and evolutionary biology, South American biodiversity, and the extraordinary geographic diversity of this small equatorial nation.