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The Chachi live in the province of Esmeraldas, in the Choco forest of Ecuador.
Ecuador is located in the Northwest part of South America and is about the same size as the state of Nevada. It is one of the most geographically diverse countries in South America, because the Amazon rainforest, the Galapagos Islands, and the Andes. It is bordered by the Pacific coast, and the countries Colombia and Peru. Does Ecuador sound like another word you know? It was named for the equator, the imaginary circle around the middle of the earth’s surface, that divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. Ecuador contains the one spot on the earth, Mount Chimborazo, that is closest to the sun! You can imagine how warm it can get in some parts of Ecuador. |
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