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The big volcano Tungurahua in Ecuador has the last couple of days been spewing out large clouds of ash and vapor. According to the news the clouds from the volcano are already 2.8 miles high. People living in the city Banos 49 miles away can see and hear the outburst. It is also observed falling lava rocks along the volcano. In 1999 the volcano started erupting, but a week ago the authorities raised the security from moderate to high because of the aggressive activity. When the volcano started exploding October in 1999 as much as 15 000 people had to leave their home and were not able to return before a year later.

Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America. The country is bordered to Columbia and Peru, and it lies east for the Pacific Ocean. The country has an area of 275,830km², and the capital is Quito. 94% of the people living there speaks Spanish. The country has a population on 15,223,680 people Ecuador has in total 30 volcanos, and Tungurahua is one of these. In 1830 the country became independent after being a part of the Spanish colonial empire.

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