Case Study 5 - People Living in the Hottest Place --- Ecuador

Some basic information of Ecuador:

Ecuador is located in the South America. Its capital city is Quito, and the largest city is Guayaquil. The official language is Spanish. The Ethnic group is: 65% Mestizo, 25% Indigenous, 7% White, and 3% Black. The president of Ecuador is Rafael Correa, which is a female president, and the vice president is Lenín Moreno.

HISTORY

Ecuador declared on August 10, 1807, from Spain, May 24, 1822 from Gran Colombia, and was recognized by Spain on February 16, 1840. 

Area

The total area of Ecuador is approximately 283,561 square kilometer. 5% of the area is water.

 

Artifact 1 - Infographic

These are the countries on equator:

1. Ecuador

2. Colombia

3. Congo

4. Uganda

5. Gabon

6. Democratic Republic of Congo

7. Indonesia

8. Kenya

9. Maldives

10. Somalia

11. Brazil

12. Kiribati

Original picture on Wordle:

Countries on Equator

Artifact 2 and 3- Newspaper Article & Problem and Solution


Different people live in the different part of the earth, with different culture and different weather. For the Eskimos, they live in the very north side of the earth, where they use refrigerators to warm their foods. For the Kenyans, they live on the equator, where is the hottest place on the earth. To stay in the hottest part on the earth is not a very easy thing to do, especially living in the countries that are on the equator. For Ecuador, the country in the continent of South America, is one of the countries on the equator. 

This is the weather of stats of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Explanation to the graph:

Max temperature: Average max daily temperature per month

Minimum temperature: Average daily temperature per month

Average temperature: Average daily temperature per month

The temperature normals are measured in the period of 1961-1990

	Temperature
Months	Normal	Warmest	Coldest
January	17.0	15.8	8.2
February	16.1	14.3	10.1
March	19.1	18.4	15.9
April	20.6	20.7	18.4
May	25.4	25.4	23.3
June	29.4	29.8	25.0
July	35.8	32.5	32.9
August	37.9	35.6	33.9
September	31.5	30.3	28.6
October	28.9	27.7	18.7
November	24.9	22.5	16.9
December	18.4	19.6	12.3

Average warm temperature: 27.3 degrees Celsius

Average cold temperature: 16.1 degrees Celsius

As you can see, the temperature in Kaohsiung have more differences in the morning to night than the temperature in Guayaquil in the morning to night. For Taiwanese in Kaohsiung like me, need to bring a jacket just incase the weather will be cold both in the morning and night. The temperature in Kaohsiung during the winter time is actually colder than Guayaquil in the winter, so more productions including farming can earn more money by selling them. 

A true story from my family. My grandfather went to Guayaquil, Ecuador, when he was 40 years old. He could not speak any Spanish at fist, but he thought that Guayaquil will be the best place for hm to cultivate shrimps and to earn money by selling them to the markets. He was right. He was able to harvest the shrimps three times a year, but only two times in Taiwan. And because his job of cultivating shrimps was very successful, he became very rich, Although he is not in this world anymore, there are some of his apprentices in Guayaquil that keep cultivate shrimps. By this, we can tell that hot countries are not always our of food to be starving and no money to live. Hot weathers can cause the people to think different to earn money, and to live better. 

Artifact 4 - Documentary

My father took these photos when he went to Ecuador with my mom, and when I was still in my mother's body. My grandfather worked there to cultivate shrimps for business because he knew that the temperature in Ecuador is the best for him to cultivate shrimps and sell them to other countries. I briefly described some basic information about the symbol of Ecuador. Hope you like my video! :)



Presentation:

People live in the HOTTEST PLACE--- Ecuador on Prezi