_#Defense expenditures: $70 million, 1% of GDP (1990) % @Ecuador *Geography #_Total area: 283,560 km2; land area: 276,840 km2; includes Galapagos Islands
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Nevada
_#_Land boundaries: 2,010 km total; Colombia 590 km, Peru 1,420 km
_#_Coastline: 2,237 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: claims continental shelf between mainland and
Galapagos Islands;
Territorial sea: 200 nm
_#_Disputes: two sections of the boundary with Peru are in dispute
_#_Climate: tropical along coast becoming cooler inland
_#_Terrain: coastal plain (Costa), inter-Andean central highlands (Sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (Oriente)