🎨The colours have meanings: yellow for the country's sunshine and riches, blue for the sea and sky, and red for the bravery of its people.
🦅This is the plain version of the flag. The government's version has a coat of arms in the middle, with a condor, a mountain and a ship.
🐢Ecuador owns the Galápagos Islands, famous for giant tortoises and the animals that helped Charles Darwin work out his theory of evolution.
🌋Ecuador sits right on the equator — which is where its name comes from. It's also home to Chimborazo, whose peak is the farthest point from the centre of the Earth.