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Country · EC

Ecuador in other languages: Ikwadur, Équateur, Quito and the provinces

Ecuador is the República del Ecuador in Spanish and Ikwadur Republika in Kichwa, the Quechua of Ecuador, and ISO 3166-1 codes it EC, ECU and 218. Here the name stands in 171 languages and Quito, Kitu in Kichwa, in 59; the 24 provinces follow in both languages with their capitals and ISO 3166-2 codes.

Official languagesSpanish; also Kichwa

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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
Flag of Ecuador
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EC
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218
Ecuador Spanish · Latin

República del Ecuador

Ikwadur Kichwa · Latin

Ikwadur Republika

English
EcuadorRepublic of Ecuador
Capital
QuitoKituQuito

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026

01 · Exonyms

Ecuador in other languages: list of exonyms

Ecuador in 171 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
LanguagesISO 639-3NameRomanised
English, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asturian, Breton, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Kven, Galician, Manx, Hausa, Hungarian, Interlingua, Italian, Ladin, Nahuatl, Dutch, Norwegian, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Northern Sami, Spanish, Swedish, Võroeng / afr / arg / ast / bre / dan / est / fin / fkv / glg / glv / hau / hun / ina / ita / lld / nah / nld / nor / roh / ron / rup / sme / spa / swe / vorEcuadorsame as written
Lower Sorbian, Basque, Upper Sorbian, Indonesian, Javanese, Papiamentu, Saterland Frisian, Yucatec Mayadsb / eus / hsb / ind / jav / pap / stq / yuaEkuadorsame as written
West Frisian, Kurmanji Kurdish, Maltese, Polish, Silesian, Zazakifry / kur / mlt / pol / szl / zzaEkwadorsame as written
Faroese, Croatian, Icelandic, Slovenian, Turkishfao / hrv / isl / slv / turEkvadorsame as written
Catalan, Manx, Portuguese, Novialcat / glv / por / novEquadorsame as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpakcrh / gag / kaaEkvador / ЭквадорEkvador
German, Luxembourgish, Low Germandeu / ltz / ndsEkuador, Ecuadorsame as written
Aymara, Quechuaaym / queIkwadursame as written
Azerbaijani, Slovioaze / sloEkvador / ЕквадорEkvador
Czech, Slovakces / slkEkvádorsame as written
Kinyarwanda, Kirundikin / runEkwadoresame as written
BambarabamEkuwadɔrisame as written
BosnianbosEkvador / Еквадор / ئەقوادۉرEkvador
CornishcorPow Ekwadorelsame as written
WelshcymEcwadorsame as written
EsperantoepoEkvadorosame as written
FrenchfraÉquateursame as written
Franco-ProvençalfrpÈquatorsame as written
FriulianfurEcuadôrsame as written
Scottish GaelicglaEacuadorsame as written
IrishgleEacuadórsame as written
GuaranigrnEkuatorsame as written
Haitian CreolehatEkwatèsame as written
IgboiboEkwadọsame as written
Jersey Norman FrenchjnfÊquateursame as written
LatinlatAequatoriasame as written
LatvianlavEkvadorasame as written
LingalalinEkwatélisame as written
LithuanianlitEkvadorassame as written
LatgalianltgEkvadorssame as written
MalagasymlgEkoaterasame as written
MoldovanmolEcuador / ЕкуадорEcuador
MalaymsaEcuador / اكوادورEcuador
Norman FrenchnrmÉquateusame as written
OccitanociEqüatorsame as written
Kalderash RomanirmyEkuador / एकुआदोरEkuador
SicilianscnEcuaturisame as written
SamogitiansmgEkvaduorssame as written
SamoansmoEkuatoasame as written
AlbaniansqiEkuadorisame as written
SardiniansrdEcuadòrsame as written
SwahiliswaEkvadosame as written
TetumtetEkuadórsame as written
TagalogtglEkwador, Ekuwadorsame as written
TongantonʻEkuatoasame as written
TurkmentukEkwador / ЭквадорEkwador
UzbekuzbEkvador / Эквадор / ئېكۋەدارEkvador
VietnamesevieÊ-cu-a-đosame as written
VolapükvolLekvadoränsame as written
WalloonwlnEcwåteursame as written
WolofwolEkwadoorsame as written
Abaza, Altai, Chuvash, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Ossetian, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmykabq / alt / chv / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / oss / rus / tyv / udm / xalЭквадорĖkvador
Bulgarian, Macedonian, Rusyn, Ukrainianbul / mkd / rue / ukrЕквадорEkvador
Bashkir, Chechen, Belarusianbak / che / belЭквадор / EkvadorEkvador
AbkhazabkЕкәадорEkwador
AvaravaЭквадорĖkwador
KazakhkazЭквадор / ەكۆادور / EkvadorEkvador
KabardiankbdЭкуадор, ЭквадорĂkuador, Ăkvador
KyrgyzkirЭквадор / ەكۋادور / EkvadorEkvador
Kurdish (Caucasus)kmrӘквадор / Ekvador, Еквадор / ÊkvadorEkvador, Êkvador
MongolianmonЭквадорÄkvador
YakutsahЭкуадорÄkuador
SerbiansrpЕквадор / EkvadorEkvador
TatartatЭквадор / Ekvador / ئېكۋادورEkvador
TajiktgkЭквадор / ایکودار / EkvadorEkvador
Arabicaraالإكوادور, إكوادورal-Ikwādūr, Ikwādūr
South Azerbaijaniazbائکوادور / EkvadorEkvador
Sorani Kurdishckbئێکوادۆر / Êkwador, ئەکوەدۆر / EkwedorÊkwador, Ekwedor
Persianfasاکوادر / اکوادور / EkvâdorEkvâdor
Western PunjabipnbایکویڈارĒkvēḋār
DariprsاکوادورEkvādōr
Pashtopusاکوادور, اېکوادورIkwādōr, Ekwādōr
Uyghuruigئېكۋادور / Ékwador / ЭквадорÉkwador
UrduurdایکواڈورĒkvāḋōr
DhivehidivއިކުއެޑޯIkueḋō
Hebrewhebאקודור / אקוודור, אקוואדורEqvadōr, Eqvādōr
Ladinoladאיקואדור / EkuadorEkuador
YiddishyidעקװאַדאָרEkvador
Amharicamhኤክዋዶር, ኤኳዶርEkwador, Ekʷador
Greek (Demotic)ellΕκουαδόρEkoyadór
Greek (Katharevousa)ellἸσημερινός, ἘκουαδόρIsīmerinós, Ekoyadór
ArmenianhyeԷկվադորÊkvador
Georgian, Mingreliankat / xmfეკვადორიEkvadori
Lazlzzეკვადორი / Ek’vadoriEk’vadori
Hindihinइक्वाडोर, इक्वेडोर, एक्वाडोरIkvāḍor, Ikveḍor, Ekvāḍor
Bengalibenইকুয়েডর, ইকোয়াডরIkuyeḍôr, Ikoyāḍôr
Gujaratigujઈક્વેડોરĪkveḍor
Odiaoriଇକ୍ବାଡୋରIkbāḍor
PunjabipanਏਕਵੇਡਰEkveḍar
Sinhalasinඉක්‍වදෝරයIkvadōraya
Kannadakanಈಕ್ವಡಾರ್Īkvaḍār
Malayalammalഇക്വഡോർIkvaḍōr
Tamiltamஈக்குவடோர், ஈக்வடார்Īkkuvaṭōr, Īkvaṭār
Telugutelఈక్వడార్Īkvaḍār
Chinesezho厄瓜多爾/厄瓜多尔Èguāduō'ěr
JapanesejpnエクアドルEkuadoru
Koreankor에쿠아도르, 에콰도르Ekuadoreu, Ekwadoreu
Tibetanbodཨེ་ཁྲ་དོར།, ཨེ་ཁོའོ་ཌོར།E.kʰra.dor, E.kʰō.ḍor
BurmesemyaအီကွေဒောIkwedɔ̀
Thaithaเอกวาดอร์Ēkwādɔ̄[r]
Khmerkhmអេក្វាឌ័រ, អេក្វាទ័រEkvādŏr, Ekvātŏr
02 · NamesU+00C9 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE

Ecuador, Ekwador, Équateur: borrowed and translated

Ecuador is the Spanish word for the equator, and most languages borrow it unchanged: 26 write Ecuador, from English and Danish to Estonian. The others adapt the spelling. Polish, Maltese and Frisian have Ekwador, Croatian, Slovenian, Icelandic and Turkish Ekvador, Indonesian and the Sorbian languages Ekuador, Catalan and Portuguese Equador, Czech and Slovak Ekvádor.

French goes the other way and translates: Équateur is both the country and the equator in French. Franco-Provençal Èquator does the same. Aymara and Kichwa write Ikwadur, with i and u in place of the Spanish e and o.

Arabic gives الإكوادور (al-Ikwādūr) with the article beside إكوادور, Chinese 厄瓜多爾, Èguāduō’ěr. Quito becomes Kitu in Aymara, Guarani, Kichwa and Tetum, Kito in Esperanto, Latvian and Tagalog, and Кито in Russian.

03 · Quito

Quito (Kitu) in other languages

Quito in 59 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
LanguagesISO 639-3NameRomanised
English, French, Latin, Spanish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irisheng / fra / lat / spa / deu / ltz / nds / gleQuitosame as written
Aymara, Guarani, Quechua, Tetumaym / grn / que / tetKitusame as written
Azerbaijani, Slovio, Turkmenaze / slo / tukKito / КитоKito
Esperanto, Latvian, Tagalogepo / lav / tglKitosame as written
BosnianbosQuito / Кито / قٖىتۉQuito
IcelandicislKítósame as written
Kurmanji KurdishkurKîtosame as written
LithuanianlitKitassame as written
MoldovanmolQuito / КитоQuito
MalaymsaQuito / قيتوQuito
SamogitiansmgKitssame as written
UzbekuzbKito / Кито / كىتاKito
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russianbul / mon / rusКитоKito
Bashkir, Serbianbak / srpКито / KitoKito
BelarusianbelКіта / KitaKita
KazakhkazКито / كيتو / KïtoKïto
KyrgyzkirКито / كىتو / KitoKito
TatartatКито / Kito / كىتوKito
TajiktgkКито / کیتا / KitoKito
UkrainianukrКітоKito
Arabicaraكويتو, كيتوKuwītū, Kītū
South Azerbaijani, Persianazb / fasکیتو / KitoKito
PashtopusکيتوKītō
Uyghuruigكىتو / Kito / КитоKito
UrduurdکیٹوKīṫō
HebrewhebקיטוQīṭō
YiddishyidקיטאָKito
AmharicamhኪቶKito
GreekellΚίτοKíto
ArmenianhyeկիտոKito
GeorgiankatკიტოKito
HindihinकिटोKiṭo
Marathimarक्विटोKwiṭo
Bengalibenকিতো, কুইটোKito, Kuiṭo
Kannadakanಕ್ವೀಟೊ, ಕ್ವಿಟೊKvīṭo, Kviṭo
Malayalammalക്വിറ്റോ, കീറ്റൊKviṟṟō, Kīṟṟo
TamiltamகீடோKīṭō
Chinesezho基多Jīduō
JapanesejpnキトKito
Koreankor키토Kito
ThaithaกีโตKītō
04 · Provinces

The 24 provinces of Ecuador in Spanish and Kichwa

Each province carries a Spanish name and a Kichwa one, formed with marka. The table gives both, the ISO 3166-2 code and the capital; where the capital has a Kichwa name of its own, it stands beside the Spanish one.

Ecuador, ISO 3166-2:EC: 24 provinces
ISO 3166-2SpanishKichwaEnglishAdministrative centreChange
Provinces24
EC-A Provincia del AzuayAsway marka Azuay CuencaTumipampa in Kichwa
EC-B Provincia de BolívarBolívar marka Bolívar GuarandaWaranta in Kichwa
EC-F Provincia del CañarKañar marka Cañar AzoguesAsuwi in Kichwa
EC-C Provincia del CarchiKarchi marka Carchi TulcánTulkan in Kichwa
EC-H Provincia del ChimborazoChimpurasu marka Chimborazo RiobambaRispampa in Kichwa
EC-X Provincia de CotopaxiQutuphaqsi marka Cotopaxi LatacungaLatakunka in Kichwa
EC-O Provincia de El OroQuri marka El Oro MachalaMachala
EC-E Provincia de EsmeraldasEsmeraldas marka Esmeraldas EsmeraldasEsmeraldas
EC-W Provincia de GalápagosYawatisuyu marka Galápagos Puerto Baquerizo MorenoPuerto Baquerizo Moreno
EC-G Provincia del GuayasWayas marka Guayas GuayaquilWayakil in Kichwa
EC-I Provincia de ImbaburaImpapura marka Imbabura IbarraIbarra
EC-L Provincia de LojaLoja marka Loja LojaLoja
EC-R Provincia de Los RíosMayukuna marka Los Ríos BabahoyoBabahoyo
EC-M Provincia de ManabíManawi marka Manabí PortoviejoPortoviejo
EC-S Provincia de Morona SantiagoMorona Santiago marka Morona Santiago MacasMakas in Kichwa
EC-N Provincia de NapoNapu marka Napo TenaTina in Kichwa
EC-D Provincia de OrellanaOrellana marka Orellana Puerto Francisco de OrellanaPuerto Francisco de Orellana 2002 Added to ISO 3166-2 in newsletter I-4
EC-Y Provincia del PastazaPastasa marka Pastaza PuyoPuyu in Kichwa
EC-P Provincia de PichinchaPichincha marka Pichincha QuitoKitu in Kichwa
EC-SE Provincia de Santa ElenaSanta Elena marka Santa Elena Santa ElenaSanta Elena 2010 Added to ISO 3166-2 in newsletter II-2
EC-SD Provincia de Santo Domingo de los TsáchilasSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas marka Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Santo Domingo de los ColoradosSanto Domingo de los Colorados 2010 Added to ISO 3166-2 in newsletter II-2
EC-U Provincia de SucumbíosSukumpiyu marka Sucumbíos Nueva LojaMusuq Loja in Kichwa
EC-T Provincia del TungurahuaTunqurawra marka Tungurahua AmbatoAmpatu in Kichwa
EC-Z Provincia de Zamora ChinchipeZamora Chinchipi marka Zamora Chinchipe ZamoraZamora

Codes: ISO 3166-2:EC on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from the English Wikipedia table that reproduces it on 28 October 2026, with newsletters I-4 (2002) and II-2 (2010). Spanish and Kichwa names and capitals: the 2016 edition of this list.

05 · ProvincesU+00D1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE

Kichwa names of the provinces and their capitals

Kichwa adds marka to the province name and fits it to its own sounds: Asway marka for Azuay, Kañar marka for Cañar, Chimpurasu marka for Chimborazo, Tunqurawra marka for Tungurahua. Some provinces take a different word: Galápagos is Yawatisuyu marka, El Oro Quri marka, Los Ríos Mayukuna marka.

Many capitals have Kichwa names as well. Cuenca is Tumipampa, Guaranda Waranta, Riobamba Rispampa, Latacunga Latakunka, Guayaquil Wayakil, Ambato Ampatu and Nueva Loja Musuq Loja. ISO 3166-2 has coded the 24 provinces since 2010, when it added Santa Elena and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas; Orellana had joined in 2002.

06 · Anthem

Salve, oh Patria, the national anthem

The anthem of Ecuador in Spanish, the chorus and the stanza that follows it.

  • Salve, Oh Patria, mil veces! / ¡Oh Patria, Gloria a ti! Gloria a ti! / Ya tu pecho, tu pecho, rebosa / Gozo y paz ya tu pecho rebosa / Y tu frente, tu frente radiosa / Más que el sol contemplamos lucir, / Y tu frente, tu frente radiosa / Más que el sol contemplamos lucir.
  • Los primeros los hijos del suelo / Que soberbio, el Pichincha decora / Te aclamaron por siempre señora / Y vertieron su sangre por ti. / Dios miró y aceptó el holocausto / Y esa sangre fue germen fecundo / De otros héroes que atónito el mundo / Vió en tu torno a millares surgir. / a millares surgir, / a millares surgir.
07 · Questions

Questions about the name Ecuador

What is Quito called in Kichwa?

Kitu. Ecuador itself is Ikwadur, and the province of Pichincha is Pichincha marka.

How do you write Quito in Arabic?

كيتو (Kītū), with كويتو (Kuwītū) as a second spelling.

What are the ISO codes of Ecuador?

EC, ECU and 218 in ISO 3166-1. Most provinces have one letter after EC-, from EC-A Azuay to EC-Z Zamora Chinchipe; Santa Elena and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas have EC-SE and EC-SD.