Individual #Ecuador__Republic_of_Ecuador  a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes
  instance of:  South_American_country
  part:  Guayaquil  Quito  Galapagos_Islands  Cotacachi  Cotopaxi  Sangay  Andes  Chimborazo
  member:  Ecuadorian
  member of:  Organization_of_American_States
  part of:  South_America  a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
     part of:  southern_hemisphere  the hemisphere south of the equator
     part of:  western_hemisphere__westernhemisphere__occident__New_World  the hemisphere that includes North and South America
     part of:  the_Americas__America  North and South America

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