| ECUADOR
-- Ecuador straddles the equator, from which it takes its name.
The literal translation of Ecuador's official name is the 'Republic
of the Equator.'
DID YOU KNOW
Mount Chimborazo (6,310 meters) is considered
to be the most distant point from the center of the Earth, given
the ovoidal shape of the Earth, which is widest at the equator.
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